Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	believe_v	faith_n	good_a	2,306	5	4.2701	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86694	The art of embalming dead saints, discovered in a sermon preached at the funerall of Master William Crompton, the late reverend and faithfull pastor of the church in Lanceston Cornwall. Ianuary the fifth, 1641. By G. Hughes. B.D. Pastor of the church in Tavistocke Devon.	Hughes, George, 1603-1667.	1642 (1642)	Wing H3307; Thomason E142_1; ESTC R8080	45,689	61

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