Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	child_n	good_a	parent_n	1,888	5	8.6795	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68204	Spirituall preseruatiues against the pestilence. Or Seuen lectures on the 91. Psalme First printed in Anno. 1593. And now reuised, corrected, and published, as generally for the instruction of ignorant people: so specially for the confirmation of the weake seruants of Iesus Christ; descibing the most diuine and most soueraigne preseruatiues against the pestilence. By H. Holland. Hereunto is added a sweete prayer of M. R. Greenhams, neuer before published.	Holland, Henry, 1555 or 6-1603.; Greenham, Richard.	1603 (1603)	STC 13589; ESTC S117101	86,406	214

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thou_o shall_v not_o be_v afraid_a etc._n etc._n verse_n 7._o a_o thousand_o shall_v fall_v at_o thy_o side_n and_o it_o shall_v not_o come_v near_o thou_o verse_n 8._o thou_o shall_v only_o see_v the_o reward_n of_o the_o wicked_a verse_n 11._o he_o will_v give_v his_o angel_n charge_v over_o thou_o to_o keep_v thou_o verse_n 12._o they_o shall_v bear_v thou_o etc._n etc._n verse_n 13._o thou_o shall_v walk_v upon_o the_o lion_n etc._n etc._n wherefore_o thou_o must_v strive_v to_o have_v this_o particular_a and_o special_a faith_n in_o trouble_n the_o 10._o verse_n seem_v unto_o i_o to_o contain_v this_o argument_n he_o that_o with_o all_o good_a conscience_n watch_v over_o his_o way_n and_o so_o endeavour_v with_o all_o his_o might_n to_o walk_v with_o his_o god_n in_o sincerity_n of_o life_n and_o soundness_n of_o heart_n he_o shall_v be_v delive●…_n redin_fw-mi the_o pestilence_n thou_o be_v one_o of_o they_o which_o strive_v with_o all_o good_a conscience_n to_o serve_v the_o 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refugiunt_fw-la si_fw-la tamen_fw-la in_o aliqua_fw-la infidelitatis_fw-la parte_fw-la resederint_fw-la cum_fw-la tempus_fw-la invenient_fw-la cogitationes_fw-la subiscient_a coraibus_fw-la hominum_fw-la &_o ill_n nescientes_fw-la unde_fw-la haec_fw-la veniant_fw-la suggestionibus_fw-la daemonum_fw-la quasi_fw-la animae_fw-la suae_fw-la sensibus_fw-la credunt_fw-la suggerunt_fw-la ergo_fw-la alijs_fw-la occasione_n corporeae_fw-la necessitatis_fw-la delicias_fw-la sequi_fw-la aliorum_fw-la iracundiam_fw-la excusant_fw-la per_fw-la abundantiam_fw-la fellis_fw-la aliorum_fw-la insaniam_fw-la nigri_fw-la fellis_fw-la vehementia_fw-la colorant_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o stultitiam_fw-la quorundam_fw-la ob_fw-la phlegmatis_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la extenuant_fw-la the_o devil_n the_o more_o they_o see_v a_o man_n increase_v in_o faith_n the_o more_o they_o fly_v from_o he_o but_o if_o they_o have_v any_o residence_n in_o any_o part_n infect_v with_o infidelity_n when_o they_o find_v opportunity_n 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