Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	affliction_n	great_a	sin_n	1,620	5	5.2580	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27995	The book of Job paraphras'd by Symon Patrick ...	Patrick, Simon, 1626-1707.	1679 (1679)	Wing B2639; ESTC R38814	190,572	364

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patience_n in_o adversity_n as_o he_o have_v be_v of_o piety_n and_o all_o manner_n of_o virtue_n in_o his_o prosperity_n fol._n 1_o chap._n ii_o argument_n the_o first_o part_n of_o this_o chapter_n be_v a_o continuation_n of_o the_o narration_n which_o be_v begin_v in_o the_o forego_n of_o the_o calamity_n which_o befall_v this_o good_a man_n who_o god_n suffer_v the_o devil_n to_o afflict_v in_o his_o body_n as_o he_o have_v already_o do_v in_o his_o good_n and_o child_n and_o then_o follow_v a_o far_a testimony_n of_o his_o constancy_n notwithstanding_o his_o wife_n be_v angry_a and_o profane_a accusation_n of_o the_o divine_a providence_n though_o it_o be_v true_a he_o be_v so_o much_o deject_v to_o see_v himself_o reduce_v to_o this_o extremity_n of_o misery_n that_o neither_o he_o nor_o his_o friend_n that_o come_v to_o visit_v he_o be_v able_a for_o several_a day_n to_o speak_v a_o word_n fol._n 11_o chap._n iii_o argument_n here_o begin_v the_o discourse_n which_o job_n and_o his_o friend_n have_v about_o his_o affliction_n which_o be_v all_o represent_v by_o the_o author_n of_o this_o book_n poetical_o not_o as_o hitherto_o in_o a_o plain_a simple_a narration_n but_o in_o most_o elegant_a verse_n and_o be_v overcharge_v with_o grief_n without_o the_o least_o word_n of_o comfort_n from_o his_o friend_n he_o that_o have_v for_o some_o time_n bear_v the_o weight_n of_o his_o assliction_n with_o a_o admirable_a constancy_n can_v not_o contain_v himself_o any_o long_o but_o burst_v out_o to_o such_o a_o degree_n be_v the_o anguish_n of_o his_o spirit_n increase_v into_o the_o most_o passionate_a camplaint_n of_o the_o misery_n of_o humane_a life_n the_o consideration_n of_o which_o make_v he_o prefer_v death_n much_o before_o it_o and_o wish_v that_o either_o he_o have_v never_o come_v into_o the_o world_n or_o go_v present_o out_o of_o it_o again_o or_o at_o least_o may_v now_o forthwith_o he_o dismiss_v fol._n 17_o chap._n iv_o argument_n eliphaz_n incense_v 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thereof_o 12._o if_o these_o observation_n be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o convince_v thou_o hear_v what_o god_n himself_o secret_o whisper_v to_o i_o man_n 13._o in_o thought_n from_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o night_n when_o deep_a sleep_n fall_v on_o man_n 13._o as_o i_o be_v ruminate_v one_o night_n when_o all_o be_v asleep_a of_o some_o vision_n which_o i_o have_v have_v shake_v 14._o fear_n come_v upon_o i_o and_o tremble_a which_o make_v all_o my_o bone_n to_o shake_v 14._o i_o be_v on_o a_o sudden_a seize_v with_o such_o a_o fear_n that_o it_o make_v every_o joint_n of_o my_o body_n tremble_v up_o 15._o then_o a_o spirit_n pass_v before_o my_o face_n the_o hair_n of_o my_o flesh_n stand_v up_o 15._o whereupon_o i_o see_v a_o spirit_n pass_v by_o i_o which_o make_v my_o hair_n stand_v a_o end_n say_v 16._o it_o stand_v still_o but_o i_o can_v not_o discern_v the_o form_n thereof_o a_o image_n be_v before_o my_o eye_n there_o be_v silence_n and_o i_o hear_v a_o voice_n say_v 16._o 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