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	king_n	2,752	5	4.0125	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79765	To our reverend and vvell-beloved brethren the Assembly of Divines at VVestminster, the ministers of London, and all other well-affected brethren of the ministery in England. Presented to the ministers of London this 13th. of December 1647. Decemb. 13. 1647. Imprimatur Ja. Cranford.	Church of Scotland. General Assembly.; Douglas, Robert, 1594-1674.	1647 (1647)	Wing C4269C; Thomason E419_25; ESTC R203822	3,274	9

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