Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	conscience_n	faith_n	good_a	2,296	5	4.4716	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58775	A peaceable plea for union and peace in an expostulatory address to the conformist and non-conformist being an appendix to a late discourse of superstition &c. / by W.S.	Shelton, William, d. 1699.; Shelton, William, d. 1699. A discourse of superstition.	1681 (1681)	Wing S202; ESTC R184058	9,541	35

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