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	law_n	sin_n	1,595	5	5.0127	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85674	An historical anatomy of Christian melancholy, sympathetically set forth, in a threefold state of the soul. 1 Endued with grace, 2 ensnared in sin, 3 troubled in conscience. With a concluding meditation on the fourth verse of the ninth chapter of Saint John. / By Edmund Gregory, sometimes Bachelour of Arts in Trin. Coll. Oxon.	Gregory, Edmund, b. 1615 or 16.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver.	1646 (1646)	Wing G1885; Thomason E1145_1; ESTC R40271	96,908	160

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service_n of_o god_n lead_v we_o into_o that_o glorious_a liberty_n which_o as_o i_o conceive_v saint_n paul_n speak_v of_o of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n first_o i_o mean_v that_o liberty_n whereby_o we_o feel_v our_o conscience_n set_v free_a from_o the_o dote_a scrupulosity_n of_o thing_n unnecessary_a and_o indifferent_a the_o which_o perchance_o at_o some_o other_o time_n we_o may_v be_v apt_a to_o stick_v upon_o with_o perplexity_n second_o i_o mean_v that_o liberty_n we_o may_v call_v it_o the_o liberty_n of_o obedience_n which_o as_o it_o make_v we_o willing_o and_o free_o to_o obey_v our_o better_n cause_n it_o be_v for_o god_n glory_n who_o have_v appoint_v the_o same_o and_o '_o cause_n it_o be_v for_o his_o glory_n to_o do_v he_o service_n in_o it_o so_o again_o it_o make_v we_o so_o free_a in_o spirit_n as_o not_o to_o stoop_v to_o any_o ignoble_a or_o disgraceful_a servility_n that_o be_v with_o a_o base_a and_o cowardly_a heart_n to_o yield_v our_o approbation_n in_o any_o 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