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
A77380	Ioabs counsell and King Davids seasonable hearing it. Delivered in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons, at their late solemne fast, Feb. 22. By W. Bridges, preacher of the Gospell at Dunstans in the East, London.	Bridges, Walter.; Bridge, William, 1600?-1670, attributed name.; England and Wales. Parliament. aut	1643 (1643)	Wing B4484A; Thomason E92_21; ESTC R1548	15,640	32

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