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	just_a	schism_n	2,608	5	10.7463	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09442	Lectures vpon the three first chapters of the Reuelation: preached in Cambridge anno Dom. 1595. by Master William Perkins, and now published for the benefite of this Church, by Robert Hill Bachelor in Diuinitie. To which is added an excellent sermon, penned at the request of that noble and wise councellor, Ambrose, Earle of Warwicke: in which is proued that Rome is Babylon, and that Babylon is fallen	Perkins, William, 1558-1602.; Hill, Robert, d. 1623.	1604 (1604)	STC 19731; ESTC S114472	318,460	389

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the_o second_o benefit_n be_v the_o light_n of_o glory_n not_o only_o of_o knowledge_n but_o perfect_a glory_n for_o by_o fellowship_n of_o this_o glory_n of_o christ_n we_o shall_v be_v make_v like_o saint_n and_o angel_n shine_v star_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n see_v christ_n be_v a_o star_n 1._o we_o see_v how_o they_o be_v deceive_v which_o live_v in_o sin_n and_o ignorance_n without_o good_a conscience_n in_o pleasure_n and_o security_n and_o yet_o they_o think_v they_o belong_v to_o christ_n they_o have_v the_o true_a light_n but_o such_o as_o live_v in_o blindness_n never_o seek_v to_o know_v god_n will_v &_o obey_v he_o these_o be_v in_o darkness_n have_v no_o light_n in_o christ_n for_o what_o fellowship_n be_v there_o betwixt_o light_n and_o darkness_n we_o must_v follow_v peter_n rule_n 2._o first_o labour_n to_o have_v this_o star_n to_o shine_v in_o our_o heart_n which_o be_v when_o we_o use_v mean_n to_o have_v the_o beam_n of_o this_o sun_n to_o shine_v on_o 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