Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	body_n	disease_n	sign_n	1,409	5	7.4560	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44439	A second volume of discourses or sermons on several scriptures by Ezekiel Hopkins ...	Hopkins, Ezekiel, 1634-1690.	1693 (1693)	Wing H2735; ESTC R37910	158,868	429

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