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	father_n	lord_n	1,508	5	3.8210	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19123	Of death a true description and against it a good preparation: together with a sweet consolation, for the suruiung mourners. By Iames Cole merchant.	Cole, James.; Hoste, Dierick.	1629 (1629)	STC 5533; ESTC S105012	59,139	225

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of_o moses_n 28._o deut._n 28._o and_o be_v confirm_v by_o st._n paul_n where_o he_o say_v to_o the_o corinthian_n for_o this_o cause_n many_o be_v weak_a and_o sickly_a among_o you_o 11.29_o 1_o cor._n 11.29_o because_o they_o take_v the_o lord_n supper_n unworthy_o yet_o be_v it_o not_o thus_o always_o for_o the_o blindness_n of_o that_o man_n that_o christ_n give_v sight_n unto_o befall_v he_o not_o either_o for_o his_o own_o or_o his_o parent_n sin_n 9.3_o joh._n 9.3_o but_o that_o the_o work_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v make_v manifest_a in_o he_o but_o general_o he_o that_o sin_v before_o his_o maker_n must_v fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o physician_n say_v ecclesiasticus_fw-la 15._o ecclus._n 3●_n 15._o but_o what_o ought_v we_o to_o do_v when_o sickness_n assail_v we_o house_n 1_o point_n preparation_n of_o our_o house_n yea_o what_o ought_v we_o at_o all_o time_n to_o do_v that_o death_n may_v not_o be_v hurtful_a unto_o we_o we_o must_v prepare_v ourselves_o well_o 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