Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
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
A88108	A brief plat-form of that government which is called Presbyterial. By William Ley minister of the Word at Charlwood in Surrey.	Ley, William, b. 1620 or 21.	1648 (1648)	Wing L1887; Thomason E457_1; ESTC R204958	18,562	30

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caevam_fw-la etc._n etc._n cal._n epist_n ad_fw-la virct_n p._n 164._o beside_o the_o example_n of_o theodosius_n the_o emperor_n excommunicate_v by_o he_o for_o his_o slaughter_n at_o thessalonica_n full_o declare'_v it_o calvin_n that_o famous_a divine_a who_o be_v by_o zanchius_n call_v galliae_fw-la apostolus_fw-la the_o apostle_n of_o france_n say_v i_o have_v swear_v i_o have_v determine_v rather_o to_o die_v then_o so_o vile_o to_o profane_v the_o holy_a supper_n of_o the_o lord_n as_o by_o give_v it_o to_o unworthy_a member_n 5._o instit_fw-la †_o hac_fw-la disciplinâ_fw-la adeò_fw-la nemo_fw-la exim●batur_fw-la ut_fw-la principes_fw-la quoque_fw-la unà_fw-la cum_fw-la plebeis_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la ferendam_fw-la subjicerent_fw-la cal._n instit_fw-la it_o be_v impartial_a minister_n and_o elder_n be_v subject_v to_o the_o government_n as_o well_o as_o other_o the_o judges_z themselves_o be_v subject_a to_o judgement_n as_o trajan_n noble_o speak_v in_o the_o knight_n of_o 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