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	lord_n	people_n	2,253	5	4.5959	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64376	A sermon preached at the anniversary meeting of the clergy-mens sons in the church of St. Mary-le-Bow, December 3, 1691 by Thomas Tenison.	Tenison, Thomas, 1636-1715.	1691 (1691)	Wing T718; ESTC R23739	10,892	33

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a_o sermon_n preach_v at_o the_o anniversary_n meet_v of_o the_o clergyman_n son_n in_o the_o church_n of_o st._n mary-le-bow_n december_n 3._o 1691._o by_o thomas_n tenison_n d._n d._n lord_n bishop_n elect_a of_o lincoln_z london_n print_v for_o ric._n chiswell_n at_o the_o rose_n and_o crown_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n mdcxci_o to_o my_o honour_a friend_n and_o brethren_n the_o steward_n of_o the_o late_a anniversary_n meet_v of_o clergyman_n son_n admiral_n hen._n killigrew_n richard_n burch_n john_n jackson_n william_n pocklington_n joseph_n bentham_n robert_n hodson_n edmund_n godwin_n john_n cradock_n robert_n clements_n nathanael_n baldicke_n thomas_n herskins_n francis_n archbold_n anthony_n palmer_n benjamin_n white_a fitz-norris_n wood_n edward_n tregenna_n steward_n my_o honour_a friend_n and_o brethren_n i_o shall_v think_v myself_o much_o want_v to_o the_o duty_n i_o owe_v both_o to_o our_o corporation_n and_o to_o yourselves_o if_o i_o shall_v whole_o ascribe_v 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3._o 1691._o imprimatur_fw-la dec._n 17._o 1691._o ra._n barker_n r._n r._n in_o christo_n p._n ac_fw-la d._n d._n johanni_n archiep._n cant._n à_fw-la sacris_fw-la dom._n etc._n etc._n a_o sermon_n preach_v before_o the_o clergyman_n son_n 1_o tim_n v._o 21._o last_o word_n do_v nothing_o by_o partiality_n st_n paul_n who_o have_v the_o care_n of_o many_o church_n be_v high_a in_o power_n and_o great_a in_o spiritual_a gift_n and_o more_o advance_v in_o year_n and_o experience_n than_o timothy_n who_o have_v also_o from_o his_o youth_n be_v by_o his_o mother_n commend_v to_o his_o oversight_n and_o instruction_n do_v in_o this_o chapter_n give_v he_o advice_n in_o matter_n appertain_v to_o the_o church_n of_o god_n he_o teach_v he_o how_o to_o behave_v himself_o towards_o elder_n such_o as_o be_v so_o either_o by_o age_n 2._o or_o by_o function_n especial_o towards_o elder_n by_o office_n who_o fulfil_v both_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 17._o which_o 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