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	receive_v	1,425	5	5.4940	4	false

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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christ_n jesus_n the_o master_n call_v thou_o he_o offer_v thou_o his_o mercy_n he_o promise_v thou_o forgiveness_n come_v thou_o early_o come_v thou_o late_o if_o thou_o come_v at_o all_o whether_o it_o be_v at_o noon_n day_n or_o at_o night_n thou_o shall_v have_v thy_o penny_n as_o well_o as_o he_o that_o come_v in_o the_o morning_n the_o thief_n on_o christ_n right_a hand_n be_v call_v the_o last_o hour_n and_o come_v and_o cry_v to_o christ_n that_o he_o 42_o luk._n 23._o 42_o will_v remember_v he_o he_o knock_v so_o hard_o at_o the_o door_n of_o god_n mercy_n that_o christ_n promise_v he_o that_o day_n to_o have_v the_o door_n of_o paradise_n open_v unto_o he_o and_o to_o enter_v in_o with_o himself_o this_o gate_n shall_v be_v open_a to_o we_o if_o we_o do_v as_o he_o do_v for_o it_o be_v shut_v to_o no_o man_n but_o of_o himself_o neither_o be_v it_o open_a to_o any_o but_o by_o christ_n jesus_n if_o we_o believe_v in_o this_o christ_n jesus_n that_o he_o be_v a_o saviour_n 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