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	scripture_n	word_n	1,385	5	4.3491	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07428	God wooing his church: set foorth in three godly sermons. / By William Burton preacher at Reading.	Burton, William, d. 1616.	1596 (1596)	STC 4174.5; ESTC S91261	71,970	150

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as_o it_o be_v indeed_o as_o the_o sin_n of_o wichcraft_n and_o who_o be_v not_o disobedient_a in_o many_o thing_n yet_o so_o long_o as_o they_o can_v challenge_v we_o for_o apostasy_n as_o we_o may_v some_o of_o they_o and_o so_o long_o as_o there_o be_v any_o life_n of_o the_o spirit_n at_o all_o in_o she_o she_o be_v not_o to_o be_v lay_v out_o upon_o the_o cold_a ground_n but_o soft_a a_o while_n though_o she_o have_v not_o all_o her_o ornament_n according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n yet_o she_o do_v not_o refuse_v they_o if_o she_o may_v lawful_o come_v by_o they_o but_o be_v ready_a to_o receive_v they_o whensoever_o she_o may_v lawful_o obtain_v they_o 9.4_o ezech._n 9.4_o in_o the_o