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
A47079	An antidote for troubled soules, or, The fruit of repentance taken out of the word of God, and delivered to Thomas Jones of the city of Hereford ...	Jones, Thomas, of Hereford.	1646 (1646)	Wing J993; ESTC R15721	10,050	23

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