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	witness_n	1,467	5	8.8451	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62877	True old light exalted above pretended new light, or, Treatise of Jesus Christ as He is the light which enlightens every one that comes into the world : against the sense both of the Quakers, Arminians, and other assertors of universal grace, whose light is proved to be darkness / delivered in nine sermons, by John Tombes, B.D., and commended to publick view by Mr. Richard Baxter.	Tombes, John, 1603?-1676.	1660 (1660)	Wing T1824; ESTC R21431	110,239	95

not_o christ_n do_v in_o his_o name_n cast_v out_o devil_n luk._n 10._o 49_o 50._o and_o by_o this_o he_o refute_v luk._n 11._o 19_o the_o pharisee_n who_o impute_v his_o cast_v out_o devil_n to_o a_o assistance_n of_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o devil_n 2._o by_o the_o concomitant_n and_o consequent_n of_o his_o lift_n up_o which_o be_v his_o death_n on_o the_o cross_n joh._n 11._o 32_o 33._o for_o 1._o the_o prediction_n of_o it_o with_o the_o fulfil_n thereof_o show_v he_o speak_v from_o god_n who_o property_n it_o be_v to_o foretell_v future_a contingent_n as_o certain_a 2._o the_o thing_n themselves_o prove_v he_o to_o come_v from_o god_n 1._o the_o wonderful_a accident_n that_o happen_v at_o his_o death_n mat._n 27._o 54._o the_o rent_v of_o the_o vcil_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o of_o the_o rock_n and_o the_o quake_a of_o the_o earth_n and_o open_v of_o the_o grave_n make_v the_o centurion_n and_o his_o soldier_n say_v true_o this_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n 2._o his_o 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