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	power_n	soul_n	2,506	5	5.3976	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41068	Philanthropia, or, A holding forth of universall immunitie in exercise of Christian religion expressed in a letter to a person of condition.	T. F., 17th cent.	1659 (1659)	Wing F63A; ESTC R29799	5,260	10

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