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	holy_a	scripture_n	2,807	5	5.7899	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47736	A brief account of the Socinian Trinity in a letter to a friend, June 1694.	Leslie, Charles, 1650-1722.	1695 (1695)	Wing L1121; ESTC R37965	3,507	16

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