Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	civil_a	ecclesiastical_a	king_n	2,836	5	4.0953	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27356	City security stated in a sermon preached at St. Pauls August 11th, 1661 before the right Honourable the Lord Mayor / by William Bell ...	Bell, William, 1626-1683.	1661 (1661)	Wing B1809; ESTC R12348	22,139	32

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45.4_o for_o jacob_n my_o servant_n sake_n and_o israel_n my_o elect_a i_o will_v even_o call_v thou_o by_o thy_o name_n and_o name_v thou_o to_o wit_n cyrus_n which_o neither_o descend_v of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d authority_n or_o which_o be_v a_o derivative_a of_o that_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lord_n show_v he_o have_v that_o and_o be_v this_o for_o jacob_n and_o israel_n sake_n but_o enough_o of_o this_o whereof_o we_o have_v have_v too_o much_o so_o late_o be_v ruler_n necessary_a to_o the_o be_v now_o magistracy_n be_v necessary_a adesse_fw-la to_o the_o be_v and_o bene_fw-la esse_fw-la to_o the_o well-being_a of_o a_o people_n 1._o to_o their_o be_v they_o can_v be_v a_o people_n without_o it_o can_v we_o have_v leave_n to_o look_v through_o the_o act_n of_o indemnity_n we_o shall_v quick_o take_v a_o prospect_n of_o those_o confusion_n a_o usurp_a government_n have_v involve_v we_o in_o 1.4_o hosea_n 1.4_o anarchy_n will_v have_v be_v worse_o by_o that_o 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