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	good_a	work_n	2,753	5	6.1002	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39279	A defence of the Thirty nine articles of the Church of England written in Latin by J. Ellis ... now done into English ; to which are added the Lambeth Articles ; together with the judgment of Bishop Andrews, Dr. Overall, and other eminent and learned men upon them.; Articulorum XXXIX Ecclesiae Anglicanae defensio. English	Ellis, John, 1599?-1665.; Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.; Overall, John, 1560-1619.; Church of England. Thirty-nine Articles.	1700 (1700)	Wing E587; ESTC R1641	74,086	146

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nature_n of_o election_n suppose_v that_o there_o be_v some_o difference_n betwixt_o he_o that_o be_v elect_v and_o he_o that_o be_v reject_v so_o occum●nias_n have_v it_o from_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o greek_a father_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d e●tion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ●om_n one_o 〈◊〉_d pag._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o no_o body_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o 〈◊〉_d ●pt_a th●_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d di●rence_n b●n_o 〈◊〉_d so_o likewise_o st._n a●ia_o 〈◊〉_d simpl._n 1._o 2_o e●on_n do_v no●_n pr●de_v justification_n namely_o foresee_v but_o 〈◊〉_d ●des_v election_n for_o no_o body_n be_v elect_v unless_o he_o be_v already_o at_o some_o distance_n from_o he_o that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d whence_o be_v that_o say_v that_o god_n have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d before_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o world_n but_o i_o do_v not_o see_v how_o that_o can_v be_v say_v but_o by_o a_o foreknowledge_n and_o thus_o also_o the_o schoolman_n predestination_n predestination_n say_v tho._n a●u_n pre-s●pposes_a election_n and_o election_n love_n 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