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	king_n	person_n	2,431	5	4.9370	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35183	A sermon preached upon April xxiii. MDCLXXX. in the cathedral church of Bristol, before the gentlemen of the artillery-company, newly raised in that city. By Samuel Crossman, B.D.	Crossman, Samuel, 1624?-1684.	1680 (1680)	Wing C7270A; ESTC R214386	13,922	42

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tyrius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n speak_v of_o man_n say_v he_o oh_o god_n the_o creator_n of_o all_o thing_n what_o a_o strange_a temerarious_a rash_a unmanageable_a kind_n of_o creature_n be_v this_o which_o thou_o have_v place_v upon_o the_o earth_n we_o may_v resolve_v his_o riddle_n and_o answer_v as_o solomon_n 29._o god_n make_v man_n upright_o at_o first_o but_o ever_o since_o the_o wretched_a fall_n of_o our_o first_o parent_n all_o manner_n of_o distemper_n and_o ill_a humour_n be_v like_o the_o son_n of_o zerviah_n too_o hard_o for_o we_o and_o even_o inherent_a in_o our_o corrupt_a nature_n experience_n show_v we_o 8._o all_o other_o creature_n be_v and_o have_v be_v tame_v by_o mankind_n but_o as_o holy_a scripture_n observe_v we_o ourselves_o remain_v still_o in_o many_o thing_n too_o unruly_a the_o alwise_a god_n have_v give_v we_o the_o harmony_n of_o government_n as_o david_n '_o be_v harp_n in_o saul_n '_o s_o case_n to_o charm_v this_o unquiet_a 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