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
A29699	Paradice opened, or, The secreets, mysteries, and rarities of divine love, of infinite wisdom, and of wonderful counsel laid open to publick view also, the covenant of grace, and the high and glorious transactions of the Father and the Son in the covenant of redemption opened and improved at large, with the resolution of divers important questions and cases concerning both covenants ... : being the second and last part of The golden key / by Thomas Brooks ...; Golden key to open hidden treasures. Part 2	Brooks, Thomas, 1608-1680.	1675 (1675)	Wing B4953; ESTC R11759	249,733	284

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〈…〉_o ering_n ●o_o many_o blind_a papist_n run_v themselves_o into_o out_o of_o a_o superstitious_a opi_fw-la 〈…〉_o of_o merit_n or_o satisfaction_n but_o under_o all_o their_o penance_n they_o can_v say_v we_o ●ear_v in_o our_o body_n the_o mark_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n c●rist_n gal._n 6._o 17._o furnace_n but_o yield_v themselves_o to_o be_v cast_v into_o the_o fiery_a furnace_n they_o do_v not_o stubborn_o oppose_v nor_o struggle_v against_o their_o enemy_n but_o patient_o and_o quiet_o yield_v their_o body_n to_o the_o flame_n neither_o do_v the_o prophet_n or_o apostle_n step_v over_o god_n hedge_n to_o make_v way_n to_o their_o own_o suffering_n or_o martyrdom_n no_o man_n may_v with_o the_o donatist_n destroy_v themselves_o rather_o than_o they_o will_v conform_v to_o this_o or_o that_o religion_n no_o man_n may_v have_v a_o hand_n in_o his_o own_o destruction_n no_o man_n may_v cut_v his_o throat_n with_o his_o own_o hand_n to_o avoid_v a_o prison_n a_o dungeon_n a_o den_n 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