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
A54151	The guide mistaken, and temporizing rebuked, or, A brief reply to Jonathan Clapham's book intituled, A guide to the true religion in which his religion is confuted, his hypocrisie is detected, his aspersions are reprehended, his contradictions are compared / by W.P., a friend to the true religion.	Penn, William, 1644-1718.	1668 (1668)	Wing P1301; ESTC R15309	49,937	66

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that_o a_o form_n of_o prayer_n be_v establish_v till_o sometime_o after_o his_o death_n and_o this_o guide_n himself_o acknowledge_v in_o his_o stone_n smite_v the_o image_n on_o the_o foot_n that_o the_o apostasy_n be_v begin_v the_o empire_n 29._o yield_v up_o to_o the_o papacy_n the_o primitive_a purity_n of_o christian_a worship_n fail_v and_o become_v corrupt_v and_o let_v he_o tell_v i_o if_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n have_v not_o its_o beginning_n there_o at_o least_o those_o thing_n he_o call_v additament_n and_o modes_n so_o that_o they_o be_v not_o conclude_v as_o necessary_a by_o any_o light_n or_o prudence_n but_o innovate_v by_o a_o vain_a formal_a and_o superstitious_a nature_n beside_o examine_v the_o contradiction_n of_o his_o own_o assertion_n god_n must_v be_v worship_v in_o spirit_n and_o yet_o in_o form_n form_n be_v not_o only_o of_o legal_a but_o of_o gospel-institution_n and_o yet_o whether_o prayer_n be_v within_o book_n or_o without_o 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