Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	aaron_n	moses_n	peculiar_a	33	3	9.5076	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43998	Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, and power of a common wealth, ecclesiasticall and civil by Thomas Hobbes ...; Leviathan	Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.	1651 (1651)	Wing H2246; ESTC R17253	438,804	412

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witness_n be_v not_o true_a much_o less_o if_o moses_n bear_v witness_n of_o himself_o especial_o in_o a_o claim_n of_o kingly_a power_n over_o god_n people_n ought_v his_o testimony_n to_o be_v receive_v his_o authority_n therefore_o as_o the_o authority_n of_o all_o other_o prince_n must_v be_v ground_v on_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o people_n and_o their_o promise_n to_o obey_v he_o and_o so_o it_o be_v for_o the_o people_n exod._n 20._o 18._o when_o they_o see_v the_o thundering_n and_o the_o lightning_n and_o the_o noise_n of_o the_o trumpet_n and_o the_o monntaine_n smoke_v remove_v and_o stand_v a_o far_o off_o and_o they_o say_v unto_o moses_n speak_v thou_o with_o we_o and_o we_o will_v hear_v but_o let_v not_o god_n speak_v with_o we_o lest_o we_o die_v here_o be_v their_o promise_n of_o obedience_n and_o by_o this_o it_o be_v they_o oblige_v themselves_o to_o obey_v whatsoever_o he_o shall_v deliver_v unto_o they_o for_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n and_o notwithstanding_o 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