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	lord_n	people_n	2,163	5	4.6392	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76814	Living truths in dying times: Some meditations (upon Luk. 21.30. [sic]) occasioned by the present judgement of the plague. / By Thomas Blake.	Blake, Thomas.	1665 (1665)	Wing B3146A; ESTC R223024	90,620	229

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that_o i_o mislike_v reprove_v and_o punish_v in_o they_o and_o therefore_o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n i_o will_v bring_v evil_a upon_o they_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o escape_v nay_o though_o they_o cry_v to_o i_o i_o will_v not_o hear_v they_o though_o they_o will_v then_o come_v to_o i_o and_o faw_v upon_o i_o and_o be_v glad_a of_o protection_n and_o preservation_n i_o will_v not_o hear_v they_o and_o woe_n to_o they_o upon_o who_o this_o lot_n light_n i_o may_v allude_v to_o that_o that_o you_o have_v in_o ezra_n 9.14_o shall_v we_o again_o break_v thy_o commandment_n and_o join_v ourselves_o in_o affinity_n with_o the_o people_n in_o these_o abomination_n etc._n etc._n mark_v we_o be_v a_o vile_a people_n and_o live_v in_o a_o great_a many_o sin_n what_o then_o shall_v we_o return_v unto_o they_o again_o if_o we_o shall_v do_v so_o the_o vengeance_n of_o god_n will_v rest_v upon_o we_o so_o that_o we_o shall_v be_v sure_a there_o shall_v scarce_o be_v any_o escape_n for_o we_o 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