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	life_n	spirit_n	1,763	5	5.2732	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09678	The praise of the gout, or, The gouts apologie A paradox, both pleasant and profitable. Written first in the Latine tongue, by that famous and noble gentleman Bilibaldus Pirckheimerus councellor vnto two emperours, Maximilian the first, and Charles the fift: and now Englished by William Est, Master of Arts.; Apologia seu podagrae laus. English	Pirckheimer, Willibald, 1470-1530.; Est, William, 1546 or 7-1625.	1617 (1617)	STC 19947; ESTC S114730	29,358	44

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person_n the_o first_o attribute_v every_o good_a thing_n in_o himself_o to_o himself_o and_o not_o unto_o god_n the_o second_o will_v confess_v god_n to_o be_v the_o giver_n of_o all_o grace_n but_o upon_o their_o own_o merit_n the_o three_o boast_n of_o their_o virtue_n which_o indeed_o they_o have_v not_o the_o four_o affect_v a_o kind_n of_o singularity_n and_o purity_n in_o that_o he_o have_v or_o suppose_v to_o have_v vitia_n catera_fw-la in_o peccatis_fw-la superbia_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o benefactis_fw-la timenda_fw-la when_o other_o sin_n die_v secret_a pride_n get_v strength_n in_o we_o ex_fw-la remedijs_fw-la generate_fw-la morbos_fw-la even_o virtue_n be_v the_o matter_n of_o this_o vice_n 2._o though_o all_o sin_n be_v in_o the_o devil_n secundum_fw-la reatum_fw-la in_o respect_n of_o the_o guilt_n yet_o only_a