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	separation_n	true_a	2,368	5	5.7052	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86016	The agreement of the associated ministers & churches of the counties of Cumberland, and VVestmerland: with something for explication and exhortation annexed.	Gilpin, Richard, 1625-1700.	1658 (1658)	Wing G774; Thomason E498_3	47,341	61

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