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	know_v	2,150	5	4.2155	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03507	The safegard of the soule Declaring sundry soueraigne salues tending to the comfort and saluation of the same: very necessarie to bee learned and obserued of all men, and at all times, but chiefely in the extremitie of sicknes, and grieuous pangs of death. Composed by Lawrence Bankes, preacher of the word of God: and parson of Staunton, in the county of Glocester.	Bankes, Lawrence.	1619 (1619)	STC 1363; ESTC S114914	78,218	435

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a_o christian_a also_o in_o like_a manner_n nabuchadnezzar_n see_v the_o faith_n constancy_n and_o patience_n of_o shadrach_n meshach_n and_o abednego_n in_o the_o fiery_a furnace_n that_o they_o will_v not_o be_v force_v to_o worship_v his_o feign_a and_o false_a god_n bel_n he_o be_v sudden_o move_v to_o bless_v and_o praise_v the_o live_a god_n and_o say_v bless_a be_v the_o god_n 28._o dan._n 3._o 28._o of_o shadrach_n meshach_n and_o abednego_n who_o have_v send_v his_o angel_n and_o deliver_v his_o servant_n that_o put_v their_o trust_n in_o he_o and_o have_v change_v the_o king_n commandment_n and_o yield_v their_o body_n rather_o than_o they_o will_v serve_v or_o worship_v any_o god_n save_v their_o own_o god_n thus_o also_o the_o vulgar_a sort_n when_o they_o see_v man_n tear_v in_o piece_n with_o diverse_a kind_n of_o torment_n as_o whip_v rack_a hang_a burn_a etc._n etc._n willing_o to_o take_v their_o death_n yea_o and_o to_o weary_a their_o tormentor_n and_o hangman_n 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