Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	accusation_n	accuse_v	act_n	18	3	5.5155	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00586	The widowes petition delivered in a sermon before the iudges at the assises held at Northampton, Iuly 25. 1633. by Antony Fawkner, parson of Saltry All-Saints, alias Moygne in Huntingtonshire.	Fawkner, Antony, b. 1601 or 2.	1635 (1635)	STC 10724; ESTC S101885	19,826	36

unto_o the_o woman_n the_o honour_n of_o protection_n so_o the_o wise_a man_n counsel_n in_o the_o widow_n in_o the_o plaintiff_n case_n deliver_v they_o that_o suffer_v wrong_a from_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o oppressor_n and_o be_v not_o fainthearted_a when_o thou_o judge_v be_v as_o a_o father_n unto_o the_o fatherless_a and_o as_o a_o husband_n unto_o their_o mother_n so_o shall_v thou_o be_v as_o the_o son_n of_o the_o most_o high_a and_o he_o shall_v love_v thou_o more_o than_o thy_o mother_n do_v ecclus._n 4._o 9_o 10._o observe_v i_o beseech_v you_o the_o unparallelled_a reward_n of_o assimilation_n in_o be_v tanquam_fw-la pater_fw-la as_o a_o father_n to_o the_o poor_a they_o shall_v be_v sicut_fw-la filius_fw-la altissimi_fw-la as_o the_o son_n of_o the_o most_o high_a who_o be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o fatherless_a and_o the_o ludge_n of_o the_o widow_n psal_n 68_o 5._o and_o so_o i_o descend_v unto_o the_o second_o part_n of_o the_o assize_n contain_v under_o the_o widow_n title_n testes_fw-la the_o witness_n all_o demonstration_n and_o consequent_o all_o perfect_a knowledge_n we_o must_v confess_v to_o be_v derebus_n necessarit_n ●_o &_o aeternae_fw-la veritatis_fw-la as_o the_o philosopher_n instruct_v his_o school_n about_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v in_o themselves_o of_o a_o invariable_a constancy_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o material_n in_o proposition_n of_o eternal_a truth_n and_o consequence_n infallible_a so_o that_o in_o those_o thing_n without_o the_o aid_n of_o external_a information_n reason_n can_v easy_o conclude_v the_o necessity_n of_o the_o effect_n and_o act_n from_o the_o constant_a influx_n and_o unchangeable_a operation_n of_o their_o cause_n but_o in_o all_o free_a act_n and_o such_o be_v all_o man_n action_n there_o be_v such_o a_o variable_a contingencie_n that_o a_o certain_a knowledge_n of_o their_o particular_n can_v never_o be_v attain_v themselves_o continue_v pro_fw-la libitu_fw-la for_o ever_o so_o 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