Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bad_a	good_a	see_v	1,466	5	3.4614	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01690	Christiana-Polemica, or A preparatiue to warre Shewing the lawfull vse thereof. The iust causes that may moue thereunto. The necessitie of preparation for it. The duties of those that wage it. Together with diuers instructions concerning it. A sermon preached at Wooll-Church in London, before the captaines and gentlemen that exercise in the artillerie-garden vpon occasion of their solemne and generall meeting. Aprill 14. 1618. By Abraham Gibson, Bachelour of Diuinity, and then preacher to the temples.	Gibson, Abraham, b. 1586 or 7.	1619 (1619)	STC 11828; ESTC S118766	14,920	48

christiana-polemica_a or_o a_o preparative_a to_o war_n show_v the_o lawful_a use_n thereof_o the_o just_a cause_n that_o may_v move_v thereunto_o the_o necessity_n of_o preparation_n for_o it_o the_o duty_n of_o those_o that_o wage_v it_o together_o with_o diverse_a instruction_n concern_v it_o a_o sermon_n preach_v at_o wooll-church_n in_o london_n before_o the_o captain_n and_o gentleman_n that_o exercise_v in_o the_o artillerie-garden_n upon_o occasion_n of_o their_o solemn_a and_o general_a meeting_n april_n 14._o 1618._o by_o abraham_n gibson_n bachelor_n of_o divinity_n and_o then_o preacher_n to_o the_o temple_n aug._n epist_n 205._o ad_fw-la bonif._n pacem_fw-la habere_fw-la debet_fw-la voluntas_fw-la bellum_fw-la necessitas_fw-la london_n print_v by_o edw._n griffin_n for_o jacob_n bloome_n at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o greyhound_n in_o pauls-church-yard_n 1619._o to_o the_o right_n honourable_a francis_n lord_n verulam_n lord_n chancellor_n of_o england_n his_o very_a 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