Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	condition_n	faith_n	justification_n	3,635	5	9.8445	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50243	The righteousness of God through faith upon all without difference who believe in two sermons on Romans 3, 22 / by Nathaniel Mather ...	Mather, Nathanael, 1631-1697.	1694 (1694)	Wing M1265; ESTC R6790	55,229	83

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