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	law_n	power_n	2,481	5	4.8394	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52743	A necessary warning to the ministerie of the Kirk of Scotland from the meeting of the Commissioners of the Generall Assembly at Edinburgh, 4 Jan., 1643.	Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Commission.	1643 (1643)	Wing N369; ESTC R8930	7,695	15

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