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	law_n	religion_n	1,407	5	5.6383	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97105	Some considerations tending to the undeceiving those, whose judgements are misinformed by politique protestations, declarations, &c. Being a necessary discourse for the present times, concerning the unseasonable difference between the Protestant and the Puritan.	Walwyn, William, 1600-1681.	1642 (1642)	Wing W691A; Thomason E126_45; ESTC R21577	12,653	16

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