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	son_n	3,252	5	5.6495	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85050	Vindiciæ mediorum & mediatoris. or, the present reigning errour arraigned, at the barr of Scripture and reason. Wherein is discovered the falshood and danger of that late borne opinion, that pretends to an immediate enjoyment and call of the Spirit of God, both above and against its owne fffects, [sic] cause, word, ministry, and witness, in all respects. Occasioned by a pamphlet, intituled, The saints travell to the land of Canaan, or a discovery of seventeen false rests, &c. By one R. Wilkinson, a preacher of this errour about Totnes in the West. In the treatise following, the reader shall finde, most of the maine fundamentall doctrinall truths that this age doth controvert, faithfully vindicated, cleared, confirmed. By F. Fullwood, minister of the Gospell at Staple Fitzpane in the county of Somerset.	Fullwood, Francis, d. 1693.	1651 (1651)	Wing F2521; Thomason E1281_1; ESTC R202060	131,348	337

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lord_n jesus_n rev._n 22._o 17._o &_o 20._o further_o though_o christ_n must_v give_v up_o his_o ministerial_a kingdom_n to_o his_o father_n yet_o he_o shall_v most_o certain_o retain_v the_o glory_n of_o a_o saviour_n in_o his_o mediatorship_n to_o the_o day_n of_o eternity_n we_o that_o be_v christ_n sheep_n shall_v be_v set_v indeed_o at_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o god_n but_o our_o forerunner_n be_v there_o before_o we_o who_o therefore_o shall_v be_v still_o near_o to_o god_n than_o we_o and_o if_o we_o shall_v be_v at_o yet_o he_o be_v upon_o god_n right_a hand_n and_o to_o which_o of_o we_o yea_o to_o which_o of_o his_o angel_n shall_v he_o say_v at_o any_o time_n sit_v on_o my_o right_a hand_n etc._n etc._n heb._n 1._o 13._o now_o do_v not_o he_o sit_v betwixt_o we_o and_o god_n to_o the_o end_n that_o what_o we_o receive_v from_o god_n we_o may_v receive_v through_o he_o he_o be_v our_o head_n and_o shall_v be_v our_o head_n for_o ever_o and_o the_o glory_n of_o heaven_n must_v first_o have_v its_o influence_n and_o pass_v first_o from_o god_n upon_o our_o head_n and_o thence_o flow_v down_o upon_o we_o even_o to_o the_o skirt_n of_o his_o garment_n and_o we_o shall_v most_o undoubted_o continue_v in_o the_o presence_n and_o favour_n of_o god_n in_o heaven_n until_o the_o day_n we_o be_v able_a to_o pay_v our_o own_o debt_n to_o the_o utmost_a farthing_n which_o will_v be_v even_o for_o ever_o and_o a_o day_n in_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o merit_n and_o mediation_n of_o he_o that_o be_v the_o mediator_n betwixt_o god_n and_o man_n the_o man_n christ_n jesus_n for_o 3._o for_o psal_n 75._o 3._o he_o that_o bear_v up_o the_o pillar_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v the_o etc._n rev._n 2._o 10._o etc._n