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	justify_v	3,443	5	8.5941	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76270	A nosegay of divine truths; wherein the chief points of religion are ingeniously discussed, and also the doctrines of predestination, reprobation, &c. rightly determined Highly necessary for all Christians to peruse. And digested into 50 chapters; both French and English, for the benefit of those who are desirous to improve themselves in the French or English tongues. By P.B. formerly of the order of S. Francis, now a convert to the Church of England	P. B.	1687 (1687)	Wing B152A; ESTC R230839	97,134	289

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to_o be_v lib._n 3._o c._n 23._o sect._n 1_o 2._o reprobation_n be_v a_o act_n of_o god_n hatred_n and_o god_n hate_v and_o punish_v nothing_o but_o sin_n which_o no_o creature_n can_v be_v guilty_a of_o before_o its_o existence_n wherefore_o the_o existence_n of_o the_o creature_n and_o his_o disobedience_n to_o god_n commandment_n ought_v to_o be_v presuppose_v before_o he_o be_v doom_v to_o eternal_a damnation_n i_o mean_v before_o he_o can_v be_v hate_v and_o condemn_v by_o god_n into_o hell_n fire_n from_o whence_o it_o follow_v when_o god_n do_v by_o eternal_a decree_n appoint_v the_o great_a number_n of_o mankind_n to_o eternal_a damnation_n it_o be_v in_o consideration_n of_o their_o infidelity_n disobedience_n to_o his_o commandment_n or_o wicked_a action_n and_o to_o let_v you_o see_v that_o what_o i_o say_v be_v very_o well_o ground_v pray_v mark_v these_o text_n follow_v go_v you_o curse_v depart_v from_o i_o into_o everlasting_a fire_n prepare_v for_o the_o devil_n and_o 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