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
A21050	A treatise of benignity written by Father Francis Arias ... in his second parte of the Imitation of Christ our Lord ; translated into English.	Arias, Francisco.; Matthew, Tobie, Sir, 1577-1655.	1630 (1630)	STC 742.7; ESTC S1497	83,775	312

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