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	scripture_n	word_n	1,394	5	4.1742	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85050	Vindiciæ mediorum & mediatoris. or, the present reigning errour arraigned, at the barr of Scripture and reason. Wherein is discovered the falshood and danger of that late borne opinion, that pretends to an immediate enjoyment and call of the Spirit of God, both above and against its owne fffects, [sic] cause, word, ministry, and witness, in all respects. Occasioned by a pamphlet, intituled, The saints travell to the land of Canaan, or a discovery of seventeen false rests, &c. By one R. Wilkinson, a preacher of this errour about Totnes in the West. In the treatise following, the reader shall finde, most of the maine fundamentall doctrinall truths that this age doth controvert, faithfully vindicated, cleared, confirmed. By F. Fullwood, minister of the Gospell at Staple Fitzpane in the county of Somerset.	Fullwood, Francis, d. 1693.	1651 (1651)	Wing F2521; Thomason E1281_1; ESTC R202060	131,348	337

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be_v none_o of_o he_o but_o this_o seem_v to_o infer_v another_o argument_n as_o subordinate_a to_o the_o main_a conclusion_n take_v from_o the_o spirit_n not_o only_o as_o a_o cause_n but_o as_o a_o necessary_a effect_n consequent_a sign_n adjunct_n or_o companion_n of_o christ_n interest_n in_o we_o or_o relation_n to_o we_o he_o that_o have_v not_o the_o spirit_n be_v none_o of_o christ_n but_o he_o that_o have_v it_o then_o be_v he_o his_o disciple_n his_o member_n his_o brother_n etc._n etc._n now_o how_o shall_v we_o know_v that_o we_o have_v the_o spirit_n by_o sanctification_n for_o if_o the_o spirit_n that_o raise_v up_o jesus_n from_o the_o dead_a dwell_v in_o you_o he_o that_o raise_v up_o jesus_n from_o the_o dead_a shall_v also_o quicken_v your_o mortal_a body_n etc._n etc._n vers_fw-la 9_o &_o 11._o and_o how_o shall_v we_o know_v that_o christ_n have_v relation_n or_o interest_n in_o we_o by_o that_o inseparable_a consequent_a or_o adjunct_n of_o the_o spirit_n for_o 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