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	good_a	time_n	1,969	5	3.3322	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03272	The baptizing of the eunuch in three sermons vpon Act. 8. 36. 37. 38. By Samuel Hieron.	Hieron, Samuel, 1576?-1617.	1613 (1613)	STC 13391; ESTC S119040	44,470	65

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