Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	call_v	day_n	lord_n	3,361	5	4.2745	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27394	Moses's charge to Israel's judges opened in an assise sermon preached at Salisbury, Feb. 27, 1680, before the Right Honourable Sr. Thomas Jones ... / by John Bennion ...	Bennion, John, b. 1650 or 1.	1681 (1681)	Wing B1890; ESTC R20777	10,356	27

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