Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	act_n	action_n	administration_n	21	3	9.2416	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47301	The measures of Christian obedience, or, A discourse shewing what obedience is indispensably necessary to a regenerate state, and what defects are consistent with it, for the promotion of piety, and the peace of troubled consciences by John Kettlewell ...	Kettlewell, John, 1653-1695.	1681 (1681)	Wing K372; ESTC R18916	498,267	755

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of_o our_o own_o choice_n permit_v it_o to_o go_v too_o far_o then_o be_v it_o get_v without_o our_o reach_n and_o go_v on_o further_o without_o ask_v our_o leave_n whether_o we_o will_v or_o no._n and_o herein_o lie_v the_o great_a error_n of_o man_n viz._n in_o that_o they_o free_o and_o deliberate_o consent_v to_o the_o first_o beginning_n of_o sin_n and_o by_o their_o own_o voluntary_a yield_n too_o far_o they_o make_v all_o that_o follow_v to_o be_v plain_o necessary_a for_o the_o lustful_a man_n deliberate_o and_o wilful_o permit_v his_o wanton_a fancy_n to_o sport_n itself_o with_o impure_a thought_n and_o lascivious_a imagination_n till_o by_o degree_n his_o passion_n gather_v strength_n and_o his_o lust_n grow_v so_o high_a that_o all_o his_o power_n of_o reason_n and_o religion_n be_v scatter_v and_o cloud_v and_o render_v whole_o unable_a to_o subdue_v it_o the_o angry_a man_n free_o and_o deliberate_o hearken_v to_o exasperate_a suggestion_n and_o cherish_v discontent_n 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and_o suffer_v it_o have_v because_o it_o be_v a_o aggregate_v and_o collect_v body_n of_o many_o wilful_a and_o presumptuous_a sin_n for_o before_o man_n come_v so_o far_o they_o have_v deliberate_o choose_v and_o wilful_o neglect_v to_o refrain_v from_o all_o those_o precedent_a action_n which_o have_v advance_v the_o strength_n of_o sin_n to_o that_o pitch_n and_o have_v make_v it_o to_o be_v not_o so_o much_o a_o temptation_n or_o a_o refusable_a motive_n as_o a_o bind_a 7.23_o law_n and_o necessitate_v nature_n so_o that_o although_o those_o sinful_a action_n which_o flow_v from_o we_o after_o that_o we_o be_v come_v to_o a_o habit_n of_o sin_n be_v indeliberate_a and_o unchosen_a yet_o as_o for_o our_o evil_a habit_n itself_o which_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o they_o it_o be_v produce_v by_o a_o combination_n of_o wilful_a sin_n and_o be_v in_o all_o the_o antecedent_n degree_n a_o matter_n of_o choice_n and_o deliberation_n and_o last_o as_o for_o the_o cause_n of_o our_o 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