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	scripture_n	3,566	5	6.5669	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11442	A briefe treatise of vsurie, made by Nicolas Sander D. of Diuinitie; Briefe treatise of usurie.	Sander, Nicholas, 1530?-1581.	1568 (1568)	STC 21691; ESTC S105179	38,580	146

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