Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bear_v	end_n	truth_n	1,796	5	6.9490	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64472	The new birth, or, Birth from above presented in foure sermons in Margarets Westminister, December 25 and January 15, 1653 and June 11, 1654 / by Edward Tharpe.	Tharpe, Edward.	1655 (1655)	Wing T838A; ESTC R26290	66,373	88

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