Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	apostle_n	church_n	word_n	1,489	5	3.9514	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13271	Sermons by Humph. Sydenham late fellow of Wadham Colledge in Oxford; Sermons. Selected sermons	Sydenham, Humphrey, 1591-1650?	1630 (1630)	STC 23572; ESTC S118102	72,609	144

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