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	pope_n	rome_n	4,587	5	6.8117	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56252	The history of popedom, containing the rise, progress, and decay thereof, &c. written in High Dutch by Samuel Puffendorff ; translated into English by J.C.	Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von, 1632-1694.; Chamberlayne, John, 1666-1723.	1691 (1691)	Wing P4176; ESTC R5058	76,002	238

the_o effect_n thereof_o luther_n appeal_v to_o a_o council_n par_fw-fr 27._o why_o luther_n doctrine_n do_v not_o make_v great_a advance_n a_o schism_n among_o the_o protestant_n the_o protestant_n abuse_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o gospel_n of_o the_o academy_n of_o paris_n of_o zwinglius_fw-la and_o calvin_n that_o luther_n take_v a_o great_a many_o of_o the_o romish_a ceremony_n that_o the_o riches_n of_o the_o church_n have_v be_v one_o cause_n of_o the_o progress_n of_o protestant_a religion_n par._n 28._o the_o pope_n recover_v from_o the_o fright_n which_o luther_n have_v put_v he_o into_o that_o he_o now_o act_n more_o cautious_o than_o heretofore_o that_o priest_n and_o monk_n live_v more_o regular_o at_o present_a of_o the_o reestablish_n of_o learning_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n the_o way_n of_o entice_a protestant_n to_o that_o church_n that_o the_o house_n of_o austria_n have_v mighty_o contribute_v to_o the_o papal_a grandeur_n par._n 29._o of_o the_o temporal_a 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