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	good_a	great_a	3,182	5	2.6384	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86711	The royal joy. Or, A sermon of congratulation upon the five first verses of Psalm XXI. Made upon the occasion of the first news of the proclamation of Charls II. King of Great Britain; brought to His Majesty in the town of Breda, the 21. of May, in the year 1660. Preached at the Walloon Church of the said town, the 23. of May, the day before His Majesties departure: by Anthony Hulsius, pastor of the said Church.	Hulsius, Antonius, 1615-1685.	1660 (1660)	Wing H3363; Thomason E1048_11; ESTC R208129	18,758	33

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