Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bring_v	evil_a	sin_n	1,775	5	5.0455	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64284	Rihgt [sic] thoughts, the righteous mans evidence a discourse proving our state (God-ward) to be as our thoughts are, directing how to try them and our selves by them, propounding schemes of right thoughts, with motives and rules for keeping thoughts right : in two parts / by Faithful Teat.	Teate, Faithful, b. 1621.	1669 (1669)	Wing T614; ESTC R11474	173,501	302

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obedience_n objection_n 8.6_o if_o god_n be_v so_o good_a why_o do_v he_o not_o make_v all_o man_n condition_n such_o jerem._n 2.5_o answer_n god_n do_v so_o eccles_n 7.31_o rom._n 7.12_o gen._n 2.16_o verse_n 17._o psalm_n 8.6_o but_o may_v thou_o think_v again_o if_o the_o lord_n be_v so_o good_a he_o may_v have_v make_v all_o man_n condition_n to_o be_v such_o it_o be_v true_a indeed_o he_o may_v do_v so_o and_o he_o do_v so_o and_o i_o may_v challenge_v thou_o yet_o again_o in_o his_o name_n what_o iniquity_n do_v thy_o first_o father_n and_o all_o his_o posterity_n in_o he_o find_v in_o god_n that_o he_o go_v far_o from_o he_o and_o they_o with_o he_o and_o walk_v after_o vanity_n and_o become_v vain_a do_v not_o god_n make_v man_n upright_o and_o give_v he_o a_o right_a law_n a_o commandment_n that_o be_v holy_a just_a and_o good_a be_v it_o not_o just_o that_o he_o that_o give_v man_n all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o tree_n of_o the_o garden_n shall_v keep_v one_o to_o himself_o 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