Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

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cause_n	bishop_n	rome_n	see_v	1,857	5	3.9327	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42766	A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons at their late solemne fast Wednesday, March 27, 1644 by George Gillespie.	Gillespie, George, 1613-1648.	1644 (1644)	Wing G757; ESTC R24966	43,436	52

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