Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	begin_v	great_a	time_n	1,599	5	3.2122	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94071	XXXI. select sermons, preached on special occasions; the titles and several texts, on which they were preached, follow. / By William Strong, that godly, able and faithful minister of Christ, lately of the Abby at Westminster. None of them being before made publique.	Strong, William, d. 1654.	1656 (1656)	Wing S6007_pt2; Thomason E875_1; ESTC R203660	179,143	303

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church_n when_o the_o prophet_n have_v take_v their_o ease_n and_o a_o spirit_n of_o slumber_n have_v come_v upon_o they_o and_o then_o be_v the_o time_n to_o vent_v and_o set_v forth_o the_o invention_n of_o man_n and_o so_o by_o little_a and_o little_a pedetentim_fw-la usu_fw-la ipso_fw-la &_o tacita_fw-la doctorum_fw-la approbatione_fw-la coepit_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o precio_fw-la hac_fw-la aestimatione_fw-la sensim_fw-la sine_fw-la sensu_fw-la crescente_fw-la as_o a_o jesuit_n speak_v of_o some_o thing_n in_o popery_n three_o covetousness_n a_o desire_n of_o raise_v themselves_o in_o the_o world_n and_o to_o set_v themselves_o in_o a_o way_n of_o preferment_n and_o when_o man_n see_v there_o be_v no_o other_o way_n to_o rise_v than_o they_o resolve_v to_o yield_v unto_o this_o so_o it_o be_v with_o they_o of_o the_o concision_n who_o bring_v such_o a_o mixture_n and_o cause_v such_o a_o rent_n in_o

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