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	believe_v	faith_n	1,884	5	5.9965	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65628	Select sermons of Dr. Whichcot [sic] in two parts.; Sermons. Selections	Whichcote, Benjamin, 1609-1683.; Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671-1713.	1698 (1698)	Wing W1642; ESTC R12788	192,891	478

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