Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	concern_v	zeal_n	zealous_a	35	3	9.0896	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61593	Reformation of manners the true way of honouring God with the necessity of putting the laws in execution against vice and profaneness : in a sermon preached at White-hall / by the late Right Reverend Father in God, Edward, Lord Bishop of Worcester ; and published by Their Majesties special command.	Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699.	1700 (1700)	Wing S5629; ESTC R27503	14,697	44

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