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	pope_n	2,238	5	6.4146	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90276	Of schisme the true nature of it discovered and considered, with reference to the present differences in religion. / By John Owen D.D.	Owen, John, 1616-1683.	1657 (1657)	Wing O780; Thomason E1664_2; ESTC R203088	121,002	281

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