Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	church_n	civil_a	ecclesiastical_a	2,893	5	8.1068	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42129	The grievances of the Church of England which are not in the power of the governours of it to remedy by a member of the Church of England.	Member of the Church of England.	1689 (1689)	Wing G1978; ESTC R17333	5,260	2

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