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	know_v	time_n	1,768	5	3.3110	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45315	Select thoughts, or, Choice helps for a pious spirit a century of divine breathings for a ravished soule, beholding the excellencies of her Lord Jesus / by J. Hall ...	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.; Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656. Breathings of a devout soul.	1654 (1654)	Wing H413; ESTC R19204	93,604	402

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until_o it_o shall_v please_v thou_o to_o establish_v my_o heart_n with_o thy_o free_a spirit_n and_o to_o keep_v it_o close_o to_o thou_o that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v carry_v away_o with_o vain_a distraction_n with_o sinful_a temptation_n lord_n my_o god_n as_o thou_o be_v always_o present_a with_o i_o and_o can_v no_o more_o be_v absent_a than_o not_o be_v thyself_o so_o let_v i_o be_v always_o with_o thou_o in_o a_o humble_a and_o faithful_a acknowledgement_n of_o thy_o presence_n as_o i_o can_v never_o be_v out_o of_o thy_o all-seeing_a eye_n so_o let_v my_o eye_n be_v ever_o bend_v upon_o thou_o who_o be_v invisible_a thou_o that_o have_v give_v i_o eye_n improve_v they_o to_o thy_o glory_n and_o my_o happiness_n xxxiii_o my_o bosom_n o_o lord_n be_v a_o rebeccaes_n womb_n there_o be_v twin_n strive_v within_o it_o a_o jacob_n and_o esau_n the_o old_a man_n and_o the_o new_a while_o i_o be_v in_o the_o barren_a state_n of_o my_o unregeneration_n all_o be_v quiet_a within_o i_o 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