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

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B20727	The keyes of the kingdom of heaven and power thereof according to the word of God / by Mr. Iohn Cotton ...	Cotton, John, 1584-1652.	1644 (1644)	Wing C6437	60,953	71

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