Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	accept_v	according_a	act_n	37	3	5.3584	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80080	Gods unusuall answer to a solemne fast. Or, some observations upon the late sad successe in the west, upon the day immediately following our publique humiliation; in a sermon before the Honourable Houses of Parliament, on a fast specially set apart upon that occasion; in Margarets Westminster, Sept. 12. Anno MDCXLIV. By Th: Coleman, Preacher at Peters Cornhill London, a member of the present Assembly.	Coleman, Thomas, 1598-1647.	1644 (1644)	Wing C5051; Thomason E16_2; ESTC R17560	16,713	36

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be_v probable_a he_o be_v keep_v a_o public_a day_n of_o prayer_n by_o those_o precede_a expression_n vers_fw-la 4._o dwell_v in_o thy_o court_n goodness_n of_o thy_o house_n holiness_n of_o thy_o temple_n which_o hold_v forth_o either_o that_o he_o as_o a_o public_a person_n be_v in_o that_o public_a place_n deplore_a the_o sin_n or_o joint_o with_o other_o bewail_v the_o calamity_n of_o his_o land_n and_o people_n look_v on_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o time_n in_o his_o confession_n they_o come_v so_o thick_a upon_o he_o that_o they_o overwhelm_v he_o iniquity_n prevail_v look_v on_o the_o misery_n the_o drought_n be_v so_o universal_o burn_v for_o a_o drought_n be_v the_o particular_a calamity_n that_o as_o a_o scourge_n from_o the_o almighty_a it_o general_o do_v spread_v and_o yet_o notwithstanding_o his_o prayer_n by_o such_o terrible_a thing_n do_v god_n answer_v still_o terrible_a thing_n follow_v