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	motion_n	soul_n	1,821	5	5.5524	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56708	A treatise of repentance and of fasting especially of the Lent-fast : in III parts.	Patrick, Simon, 1626-1707.	1686 (1686)	Wing P857; ESTC R26184	77,506	248

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