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	great_a	king_n	2,733	5	3.5643	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77245	A defence of true liberty from ante-cedent and extrinsecall necessity being an answer to a late book of Mr. Thomas Hobbs of Malmsbury, intituled, A treatise of liberty and necessity. Written by the Right Reverend John Bramhall D.D. and Lord Bishop of Derry.	Bramhall, John, 1594-1663.	1655 (1655)	Wing B4218; Thomason E1450_1; ESTC R209599	138,196	261

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which_o be_v good_a but_o hatred_n there_o signify_v comparative_a hatred_n or_o a_o less_o degree_n of_o love_n or_o at_o the_o most_o a_o negation_n of_o love_n as_o gen._n 29.31_o when_o the_o lord_n see_v that_o leah_n be_v hate_v we_o may_v not_o conclude_v thence_o that_o jacob_n hate_v his_o wife_n the_o precedent_a verse_n do_v full_o expound_v the_o sense_n ver_fw-la 30._o jacob_n love_v rachel_n more_o than_o leah_n so_o mat._n 6.24_o no_o man_n can_v serve_v two_o master_n for_o either_o he_o will_v hate_v the_o one_o and_o love_n the_o other_o so_o luke_n 14.26_o if_o any_o man_n hate_v not_o his_o father_n and_o mother_n etc._n etc._n he_o can_v be_v my_o disciple_n st._n matthew_n tell_v we_o the_o sense_n of_o it_o math._n 10.37_o he_o that_o love_v father_n or_o mother_n more_o than_o i_o be_v not_o worthy_a of_o i_o second_o those_o word_n for_o 15._o i_o will_v have_v mercy_n on_o who_o i_o will_v have_v mercy_n do_v prove_v no_o more_o but_o this_o that_o the_o 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