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	sin_n	2,405	5	4.9337	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52695	How sin is strengthened and how it is overcome	Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.	1660 (1660)	Wing N287; ESTC R27518	10,266	17

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