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	mind_n	soul_n	1,535	5	4.8520	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51812	The nature and effects of superstition in a sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons on Saturday the fifth of November, 1692 / by Thomas Mannyngham ...	Manningham, Thomas, 1651?-1722.	1692 (1692)	Wing M493; ESTC R4396	12,601	35

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to_o lay_v down_o some_o consideration_n etc._n etc._n superstition_n in_o its_o ordinary_a use_n be_v make_v a_o word_n of_o ambiguity_n and_o a_o common_a term_n of_o disdain_n which_o be_v mutual_o cast_v upon_o all_o the_o difference_n in_o religion_n the_o epicurean_o count_v it_o superstition_n to_o acknowledge_v the_o providence_n of_o god_n and_o to_o pay_v he_o any_o worship_n beside_o the_o bare_a esteem_n of_o the_o mind_n the_o heathen_a writer_n whenever_o they_o mention_v the_o jew_n or_o the_o christian_n speak_v of_o they_o as_o a_o most_o wretchedly-deluded_n people_n give_v over_o to_o a_o obstinate_a superstition_n but_o i_o think_v the_o primitive_a father_n have_v sufficient_o manifest_v where_o superstition_n be_v to_o be_v real_o charge_v by_o expose_v their_o absurd_a cruel_a and_o obscene_a rite_n and_o by_o baffle_v all_o the_o argument_n which_o they_o bring_v to_o justify_v their_o folly_n but_o still_o there_o be_v vast_a body_n of_o people_n in_o the_o 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