Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	authority_n	bishop_n	church_n	2,934	5	4.3576	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41016	Sacra nemesis, the Levites scourge, or, Mercurius Britan. disciplin'd, [Mercurius] civicvs [disciplin'd] also deverse remarkable disputes and resolvs in the Assembly of Divines related, episcopacy asserted, truth righted, innocency vindicated against detraction.	Featley, Daniel, 1582-1645.	1644 (1644)	Wing F593; ESTC R2806	73,187	105

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{non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o anonymus_fw-la de_fw-la pace_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la nunquam_fw-la veritas_fw-la rea_fw-la fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la in_fw-la eodem_fw-la foro_fw-la causam_fw-la ageret_fw-la innocentia_fw-la the_o truth_n of_o religion_n be_v never_o indict_v but_o innocency_n be_v arraign_v at_o the_o same_o bar_n deut._n 33.11_o strike_v through_o the_o loin_n of_o they_o that_o rise_v up_o against_o levi_n and_o of_o they_o that_o hate_v he_o that_o they_o rise_v not_o again_o oxford_n print_v by_o leonard_n lichfield_n printer_n to_o the_o university_n 1644._o to_o the_o reader_n when_o the_o heart_n be_v smite_v and_o sore_o hurt_v all_o the_o rascal_n deer_z run_v away_o and_o leave_v he_o alone_o to_o the_o cruelty_n of_o the_o bloodhound_n so_o it_o be_v with_o the_o vulgar_a sort_n when_o a_o person_n of_o quality_n in_o church_n or_o commonwealth_n be_v wound_v by_o the_o nimrod_n of_o this_o age_n in_o his_o estate_n liberty_n or_o reputation_n though_o not_o 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the_o christian_a sabbath_n and_o how_o the_o brownist_n and_o other_o sectary_n profane_v it_o p._n 68_o sect._n xiv_o of_o the_o subscription_n of_o the_o letter_n write_v to_o the_o primate_n of_o ireland_n and_o the_o strange_a interpretation_n thereof_o by_o sir_n w._n e._n p._n 70._o sect._n xv_o wholesome_a and_o seasonable_a advice_n to_o britanicus_n p._n 72._o sect._n xvi_o a_o sober_a reckon_n with_o civicus_n p._n 74._o sect._n xvii_o a_o corollarium_fw-la consist_v of_o the_o testimony_n and_o eulogy_n of_o many_o foreign_a divine_n of_o eminent_a note_n concerning_o d._n f._n p._n 79._o sect._n xviii_o the_o sum_n of_o d._n f._n his_o apology_n reduce_v into_o two_o unanswerable_a dilemma_n p._n 88_o sect._n ult._n a_o true_a transcript_n of_o the_o most_o material_a part_n of_o d._n f._n his_o letter_n to_o the_o primate_n of_o ireland_n and_o a_o account_n of_o the_o whole_a see_v pag._n 100_o article_n 8._o of_o the_o three_o creed_n the_o three_o creed_n nice_a 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