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	nature_n	power_n	1,617	5	4.8157	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66604	A discourse of the Resurrection shewing the import and certainty of it / by William Wilson.	Wilson, William, Rector of Morley.	1694 (1694)	Wing W2954; ESTC R24575	126,012	256

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