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
A59875	A sermon preached at St. Margarets VVestminster, May 29. 1685. before the Honourable House of Commons By William Sherlock, D.D. Master of the Temple, and chaplain in ordinary to His Majesty.	Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.	1685 (1685)	Wing S3346; ESTC R220262	10,236	16

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