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	day_n	holy_a	1,485	5	4.9570	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30153	A holy life, the beauty of Christianity, or, An exhortation to Christians to be holy by John Bunyan.	Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.	1684 (1684)	Wing B5537; ESTC R30867	84,448	237

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