Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	able_a	absence_n	chance_n	38	3	10.7262	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15400	An harmonie vpon the first booke of Samuel wherein according to the methode obserued in Hexapla vpon Genesis, and Exodus, but more compendiously abridged, these speciall things are obserued vpon euery chapter: the diuers readings compared, doubtfull questions explaned, places of Scripture reconciled, controuersies briefly touched, and morall collections applied. Wherein aboue foure hundred theologicall questions are handled, with great breuitie and much varietie, by the former author of Hexapla on Genesis.	Willet, Andrew, 1562-1621.	1607 (1607)	STC 25678; ESTC S120031	271,285	362

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place_v first_o we_o say_v not_o day_n and_o month_n but_o month_n and_o day_n but_o to_o say_v a_o year_n and_o month_n agree_v well_o 5._o quest._n v_o 8._o of_o the_o geshurite_n and_o girzites_n who_o david_n put_v to_o the_o sword_n 1._o these_o be_v a_o remnant_n of_o the_o canaanite_n the_o geshurite_n be_v those_o that_o dwell_v in_o geshur_n josh._n 12.5_o in_o gilead_n and_o the_o gizrite_n in_o gezer_n which_o belong_v unto_o ephraim_n josh._n 16._o v._n 3._o who_o at_o the_o come_n of_o the_o israelite_n leave_v those_o place_n and_o go_v and_o dwell_v among_o the_o amalekite_n but_o at_o the_o beginning_n they_o dwell_v in_o that_o land_n that_o be_v the_o geshurite_n and_o girzites_n in_o canaan_n jun._n 2._o these_o canaanite_n be_v ordain_v of_o god_n to_o destruction_n and_o therefore_o david_n may_v safe_o invade_v they_o osiand_n 3._o but_o it_o be_v like_a that_o david_n as_o he_o do_v this_o exploit_n of_o a_o zeal_n to_o root_v out_o the_o enemy_n of_o god_n people_n so_o also_o he_o have_v at_o this_o time_n a_o respect_n unto_o his_o present_a state_n and_o take_v the_o spoil_n of_o they_o for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o he_o and_o he_o for_o god_n many_o time_n use_v man_n infirmity_n to_o accomplish_v his_o will_n martyr_n 6._o quest._n v_o 10._o whteher_n david_n offend_v in_o make_v such_o a_o excuse_n to_o achish_n as_o though_o he_o have_v invade_v the_o israelite_n 1._o some_o think_v that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o david_n to_o destroy_v those_o nation_n without_o sin_n so_o he_o may_v without_o sin_n colour_n it_o with_o a_o show_n of_o invade_v his_o own_o people_n osiand_n but_o that_o be_v not_o so_o for_o not_o only_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v do_v must_v be_v consider_v but_o the_o manner_n also_o that_o it_o may_v be_v do_v without_o offence_n now_o howsoever_o for_o the_o present_a david_n content_v achish_n yet_o be_v it_o a_o offence_n unto_o good_a man_n which_o may_v take_v david_n to_o have_v do_v as_o he_o speak_v mar._n 2._o some_o think_v that_o david_n dissemble_v not_o but_o speak_v the_o truth_n not_o that_o he_o put_v the_o jerahmeelite_n which_o be_v a_o family_n of_o the_o judah_n to_o the_o sword_n 1._o chron._n 2.9_o or_o the_o kenites_n but_o only_o smite_v the_o south_n coast_n which_o of_o right_n belong_v unto_o the_o israelite_n but_o be_v possess_v by_o other_o nation_n but_o it_o appear_v in_o that_o achish_n be_v contend_v with_o david_n answer_n that_o he_o understand_v he_o to_o speak_v of_o the_o israelite_n who_o he_o have_v invade_v 3._o other_o say_v that_o david_n here_o plain_o mentitur_fw-la tell_v a_o untruth_n mar._n but_o i_o rather_o think_v with_o junius_n that_o david_n speak_v here_o doubtful_o and_o ambiguous_o not_o use_v that_o plainness_n which_o become_v such_o a_o good_a man_n that_o he_o may_v either_o be_v take_v to_o speak_v of_o the_o israelite_n inhabit_v judah_n or_o of_o the_o nation_n which_o border_v upon_o the_o south_n 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