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	justification_n	2,857	5	9.3476	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01463	A declaration of suche true articles as George Ioye hath gone about to confute as false	Gardiner, Stephen, 1483?-1555.	1546 (1546)	STC 11589; ESTC S102856	115,978	363

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