Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	according_a	action_n	agent_n	85	3	9.3986	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29133	A letter to Mr. Thomas Pierce, rector of Brington conteining amongst other things, a brief state of the question about Gods decrees : to which is annexed an exercitation in Latine concerning free-will / by Edward Bagshawe ...	Bagshaw, Edward, 1629-1671.	1659 (1659)	Wing B415; ESTC R37097	12,202	24

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