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	faith_n	justification_n	3,419	5	9.8335	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42813	Essays on several important subjects in philosophy and religion by Joseph Glanvill ...	Glanvill, Joseph, 1636-1680.	1676 (1676)	Wing G809; ESTC R22979	236,661	346

they_o manage_v their_o rebuke_n of_o these_o self-condemned_a man_n with_o much_o judgement_n and_o wit_n without_o any_o thing_n of_o fierceness_n or_o scurrility_n they_o show_v they_o the_o immorality_n of_o their_o spirit_n and_o its_o contradiction_n and_o antipathy_n to_o the_o genius_n and_o temper_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o urge_v that_o though_o they_o hate_v debauchery_n and_o some_o gross_a carnal_a sin_n as_o the_o pharisee_n do_v the_o publican_n yet_o they_o be_v give_v up_o to_o many_o other_o sort_n of_o wickedness_n to_o spiritual_a pride_n malice_n envy_n avarice_n stubbornness_n disingenuity_n and_o disobedience_n that_o they_o harbour_v and_o keep_v warm_v these_o under_o their_o pretence_n of_o christ_n righteousness_n and_o their_o specious_a form_n of_o godliness_n that_o though_o they_o be_v always_o confess_v sin_n in_o the_o general_n with_o much_o seem_a remorse_n and_o trouble_v of_o spirit_n yet_o they_o seldom_o or_o never_o make_v acknowledgement_n of_o 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