Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	action_n	good_a	sin_n	1,408	5	4.8951	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67742	Carnal reason, or The wisdom of the flesh how foolish, deceitful, dangerous, reprobate and divilish; together with rectified reason, or the wisdom of the spirit, how divine, transcendent, safe, profitable and delightful: as also, how many was at first created; how he is now corrupted, and how he may be again restored: being three fundamental principles of Christian religion; which few do indeed know; and yet he who knows them not, cannot be saved. By Junius Florilegus. Licensed and entred according to order.	Younge, Richard.	1669 (1669)	Wing Y142; ESTC R218076	22,612	22

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