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	power_n	will_n	1,439	5	6.6180	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93135	Mr. St. Johns speech, or argument in Parliament; shewing, whether a man may be a judge, and a witnesse in the same cause. By way of preface, I shall return a distinction between a doubtfull and a scrupulous conscience.	St. John, Oliver, 1598?-1673.	1642 (1642)	Wing S328; Thomason E200_41; ESTC R12900	2,380	9

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which_o be_v a_o scruple_n in_o the_o proper_a &_o granatical_a sense_n make_v a_o shift_n to_o get_v home_o to_o his_o house_n though_o not_o without_o some_o pain_n and_o molestation_n these_o scruple_n if_o we_o can_v cast_v they_o out_o by_o reason_n and_o better_a information_n casuist_n advise_v we_o to_o forget_v they_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a or_o how_o ever_o to_o pass_v they_o over_o and_o fall_v to_o the_o action_n notwithstanding_o their_o jog_v and_o interruption_n of_o we_o in_o the_o cheerful_a performance_n of_o the_o same_o amesius_n de_fw-fr conscience_n li._n 1._o cap._n 6._o regular_o and_o in_o ordinary_a proceed_n one_o and_o the_o same_o man_n in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o cause_n may_v be_v except_v against_o for_o be_v both_o judge_n and_o witness_n for_o deut._n 17._o 16._o which_o i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o ground_n whereon_o the_o resolution_n of_o this_o question_n be_v to_o be_v erect_v the_o judge_n in_o the_o gate_n and_o the_o two_o witness_n be_v 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