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
A81100	The cruel tragedy or inhumane butchery, of Hamor and Shechem, with other their adherents. Acted by Simeon and Levi, in Shechem, a city in Succoth a county or Lordship in Canaan. Lately revived and reacted heere in England, by Fairfax and Ireton, upon the persons of Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle, in Colchester, the 28. Aug. 1648. Presented to publicke view in meditations, discoursing the former, discovering the latter, and comparing the circumstances of both, and dedicated to the honoured memory of the two last named worthies.		1648 (1648)	Wing C7422; Thomason E462_30; ESTC R205082	11,297	19

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one_o in_o the_o night_n they_o break_v down_o the_o wall_n of_o shechem_n which_o stand_v betwixt_o they_o and_o the_o object_n of_o their_o revenge_n and_o enter_v at_o the_o breach_n do_v act_v that_o bloody_a tragedy_n but_o i_o shall_v thus_o expound_v it_o by_o craft_n and_o policy_n have_v undermine_v circumvent_v hamor_n and_o shechem_n the_o two_o stout_a commander_n who_o by_o their_o valour_n be_v as_o a_o wall_n unto_o their_o city_n and_o who_o undaunted_a courage_n they_o dare_v not_o single_o and_o upon_o equal_a term_n meet_v or_o encounter_v but_o now_o over_o pour_v by_o this_o crafty_a advantage_n they_o dig_v they_o down_o that_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o nature_n of_o all_o coward_n they_o slay_v they_o and_o insult_v upon_o they_o in_o their_o fall_n the_o application_n and_o now_o how_o near_o a_o resemblance_n there_o be_v between_o the_o manner_n of_o simeon_n and_o levy_n take_v away_o the_o life_n of_o hamor_n and_o shechem_n and_o of_o fairfax_n and_o 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