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	reason_n	1,625	5	4.6916	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13211	Sermons, meditations, and prayers, upon the plague. 1636. By T.S.	Swadlin, Thomas, 1600-1670.	1637 (1637)	STC 23509; ESTC S103474	86,706	284

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