Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	adam_n	nature_n	sin_n	2,126	5	5.5892	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65294	The duty of self-denial briefly opened and urged. By Thomas Watson, minister of the Gospel	Watson, Thomas, d. 1686.	1675 (1675)	Wing W1122A; ESTC R7336	20,236	63

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