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	church_n	great_a	2,167	5	3.1621	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62375	Civil magistracy by divine authority asserted and laid forth in a sermon, preached at the assises holden at Winchester, for the county of South-Hampton, on Thursday the 4th day of March, 1651/52 : afterward the same subject much enlarged, and in some particulars more cleared, and applyed, on the like occasion, at Taunton in Somerset, on Sunday in the assize week, Aug. 22, 1652 / by William Sclater ...	Sclater, William, 1609-1661.	1653 (1653)	Wing S914; ESTC R34025	36,513	52

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though_o the_o prophet_n will_v not_o be_v tempt_v it_o be_v not_o impossible_a but_o there_o may_v be_v some_o 5.20_o some_o 2_o king_n 5.20_o gehazi_n who_o some_o shekel_n of_o silver_n or_o some_o change_n of_o raiment_n may_v though_o to_o the_o hazard_n of_o a_o leprosy_n to_o be_v entail_v upon_o posterity_n secret_o seduce_v but_o because_o i_o know_v none_o such_o in_o this_o circuit_n to_o be_v taint_v and_o who_o can_v take_v a_o fix_a aim_n at_o a_o fly_a mark_n yet_o however_o i_o know_v man_n may_v be_v 6.1_o be_v gal._n 6.1_o tempt_v as_o atalanta_n be_v stop_v in_o the_o way_n by_o the_o golden_a apple_n wherefore_o let_v i_o not_o be_v mistake_v thus_o think_v my_o speech_n be_v no_o reproof_n which_o suppose_v a_o crime_n but_o only_o as_o a_o caution_n to_o forestall_v such_o temptation_n that_o like_o the_o son_n of_o zerviah_n to_o david_n may_v in_o some_o particular_n prove_v 3.39_o prove_v sam._n 3.39_o too_o hard_o for_o they_o and_o so_o i_o come_v to_o the_o 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