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	great_a	world_n	1,652	5	4.2491	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19333	Thus endeth the prologue of this book named. Cordʻyal. Whiche treteth of the four last and final thinges that ben to come ...; Cordiale quattuor novissimorum. English.	Denis, the Carthusian, 1402-1471, attributed name.; Gerardus, de Vliederhoven, 14th cent, attributed name.; Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 1442?-1483.; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491. ed.	1479 (1480)	STC 5758; ESTC S106511	87,382	154

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chapitre_fw-fr that_o thoe_n that_o have_v be_v blest_o shall_v therefore_o have_v no_o rest_n by_o day_n nor_o night_n then_o mow_v the_o sinner_n we_o will_v say_v as_z it_o be_v write_v in_o isay_n in_o the_o xxxviij_o chapitre_fw-fr i_o shall_v not_o see_v our_o lord_n god_n in_o the_o kue_a land_n nor_o i_o shall_v no_o more_o behold_v any_o man_n that_o be_v inhabitour_n of_o rest_n semblable_a as_o it_o be_v write_v in_o iheremye_n the_o xlv_o chapitre_fw-fr alas_o i_o be_o unhappy_a for_z our_o lord_n have_v addid_a in_o i_o sorrow_n to_o sorrow_n for_z i_o can_v find_v no_o rest_n sorrow_n shall_v be_v thene_n cast_v at_o his_o heed_n and_o alle_fw-mi iniquite_v shall_v descend_v upon_o he_o now_o by_o thigh_n thingis_fw-la above_o say_v it_o manifest_o appear_v how_o such_o as_o descend_v into_o hell_n be_v punissh_v with_o many_o diverse_a paynee●_n &_o therefore_o i_o thinkith_o dear_a brethren_n how_o it_o shall_v be_v often_o in_o your_o remembrance_n to_o defend_v you_o 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&_o waste_v all_o thingis_fw-la as_o the_o philophre_n seith_n but_o the_o fire_n infernal_a may_v not_o waste_v nor_o consume_v neither_o the_o body_n nor_o the_o soul_n of_o sinner_n by_o brenning_a job_n say_v in_o his_o xx_o chapitre_fw-fr of_o the_o sinner_n be_v in_o hell_n he_o shall_v buy_v full_a dear_a now_o that_o he_o have_v do_v &_o yet_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v waste_v johnn_n crisostom_n say_v also_o that_o our_o materiale_a fire_n consume_v all_o thing_n that_o be_v leyd_v in_o hit_n but_z the_o fire_n of_o hell_n tourment_v continuel_o thoe_n that_o be_v therein_o &_o yet_o it_o preserve_v they_o always_o in_o length_a their_o peine_n therefore_o it_o be_v say_v that_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v quench_v not_o oon_o because_o it_o can_v not_o be_v put_v out_o but_o that_o it_o shall_v not_o seize_v to_o destroy_v they_o that_o shall_v come_v therein_o for_o that_o cause_n say_v the_o holy_a scripture_n that_o the_o sinner_n shall_v be_v clothe_v with_o corruption_n 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four_o hell_n be_v call_v a_o noyfull_a wail_a place_n and_z therefore_o after_o papie_n it_o be_v name_v acheron_n that_o be_v as_o mycle_n to_o seye_v as_o a_o place_n without_o joy_n lack_v all_o goodness_n for_o this_o cause_n say_v the_o commentator_n aueroy_n in_o the_o iiij_o chapitre_fw-fr of_o poetry_n that_o hell_n have_v a_o continuell_n sorrow_n &_o weep_v with_o out_o consolation_n in_o troth_n the_o damn_a folk_n there_o benethe_v have_v no_o counfort_n in_o the_o world_n for_o the_o orison_n &_o prayer_n that_o be_v say_v in_o the_o chirche_n mylitant_a may_v profeite_v they_o no_o thing_n and_z from_o above_o comyth_n there_o no_o help_n to_o they_o there_z fall_v on_o they_o not_o misericorde_fw-la wherefore_o they_o be_v in_o despair_n of_o any_o grace_n in_o time_n come_v and_o know_v certain_o that_o they_o without_o remedy_n and_o not_o to_o be_v qui●ee_a out_o of_o the_o prison_n &_o so_o they_o rest_v sempiternal_o in_o wail_a in_o sorrow_n and_o in_o 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till_o be_v hym selff_n hym selff_n hym selff_n which_o be_v come_v from_o the_o earth_n be_v return_v ageyn_fw-mi to_o his_o first_o mother_fw-mi that_o be_v to_o seye_v the_o earth_n it_o may_v be_v say_v as_o it_o be_v writon_n in_o the_o third●_o book_n of_o king_n in_o the_o secunde_a chapitre_fw-fr lo_o how_o i_o depart_v and_o pass_v the_o comune_a weigh_v of_o the_o unyversall_a earth_n and_o for_o asmoche_v as_o we_o be_v bind_v with_o slime_n of_o the_o earth_n dung_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o be_v right_o vile_a thing_n wherefore_o shall_v we_o thene_n be_v proud_a of_o ourselves_o know_v we_o be_v come_v from_o the_o earth_n lyve_n in_o the_o earth_n converse_a in_o the_o earth_n and_o final_o shall_v return_v into_o the_o earth_n as_o every_o day_n it_o appear_v evydent_o unto_o alle_fw-mi peple_n ¶_o how_o remembrance_n of_o dethe_v make_v a_o man_n to_o despise_v alle_fw-mi thing_n ¶_o the_o third_o chapitre_fw-fr of_o this_o first_o principal_a part_n remembrance_n of_o dethe_v cause_v a_o man_n to_o myslyke_v alle_fw-mi erthe_o vain_a thing_n and_o to_o repute_v they_o as_o no_o thing_n therefore_o seyth_v seynt_a iherome_n in_o his_o prologue_n of_o the_o bible_n that_o esely_a he_o despise_v alle_fw-mi bad_a thing_n that_o alweye_n remember_v how_o he_o must_v dye_v the_o concupiscens_fw-la of_o eye_n be_v dispyse_v whenne_v oon_o remember_v that_o he_o shall_v short_o part_n and_o leave_v alle_fw-mi erthe_o thing_n the_o concupiscens_fw-la of_o the_o flesh_n be_v despise_v whenne_v one_o remember_v that_o his_o body_n shall_v become_v worm_n mete_v in_o a_o moment_n the_o pomp_n and_o pride_n of_o this_o lyf_v be_v set_v at_o nought_o whenne_v a_o man_n counterpeyse_v in_o his_o herte_n how_o he_o that_o will_v be_v above_o alle_fw-mi other_o

shall_v be_v hasty_o cast_v into_o the_o earth_n under_o the_o foot_n of_o other_o for_o this_o cause_n seyth_v seynt_a iherome_n in_o a_o pistol_n that_o he_o send_v unto_o cypryane_n remember_v the_o well_o of_o thy_o dethe_v and_o thou_o shall_v not_o sin_n he_o than_o that_o alweye_n ber_v in_o remembrance_n how_o he_o must_v dye_v disprayse_v easy_o alle_fw-mi thing_n present_a dispose_n hym selff_n hym selff_n hym selff_n to_o alle_fw-mi good_a thing_n that_o be_v to_o come_v certain_o esau._n consyder_v how_o dethe_v be_v nyghe_a unto_o he_o disprayse_v lyght_o alle_fw-mi worldly_a thing_n it_o be_v write_v in_o genesis_n in_o the_o fyve_o and_o twenty_o chapitre_fw-fr lo_o behold_v i_o dye_v and_o what_o shall_v proufite_v i_o alle_fw-mi thoe_n thing_n that_o i_o be_o bear_v unto_o isidore_n also_o advertise_v himself_o of_o the_o shortenesse_n of_o this_o prrsent_a lif_fw-mi which_o be_v so_o soon_o pass_v &_o that_o all_o that_o man_n seem_v to_o have_v in_o possession_n 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