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	great_a	time_n	1,448	5	3.1883	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27621	The pattern of the divine temple, sanstuary [sic], and city of the New Jerusalem measured according to Ezekiels last and greatest vision, chap. 40 to the end ... : designed as a preface to two late treatises, viz. The prophetic history of the Reformation, and The grand apocalyptick vision of the witnesses, rising and ascending ... / by Tho. Beverley ...	Beverley, Thomas.; Beverley, Thomas. Prophetical history of the Reformation.; Beverley, Thomas. Grand apocalyptick vision of the witnesses slain.	1690 (1690)	Wing B2167; ESTC R4196	30,253	36

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