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	lord_n	1,391	5	3.9699	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03629	A sermon preached by the learned Mr Alexander Henderson, before the sitting down of the General Assembly, begun the 12 of August 1639.	Henderson, Alexander, 1583?-1646.	1682 (1682)	Wing H1438A; ESTC R177932	6,813	17

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