Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	day_n	good_a	lord_n	2,583	5	3.5431	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02793	Two godlie and learned sermons, preached at Manchester in Lancashire before a great audience, both of honor and vvoorship. The first, containeth a proofe of the subtill practises of dissembling neuters, and politique worldlings. The other, a charge and instruction, for all vnlearned, negligent, and dissolute ministers: and an exhortation to the common people, to seeke their amendment, by prayer, vnto God. By Simon Harward, preacher of the woord of God, and Maister of Arte, late of Newe Colledge in Oxfoord.	Harward, Simon, fl. 1572-1614.	1582 (1582)	STC 12924; ESTC S112568	108,746	262

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and_o by_o saint_n john_n ●_o 1._o joh._n ●_o not_o to_o receyve_v they_o into_o their_o house_n nor_o to_o bid_v they_o god_n speed_n much_o less_o to_o join_v themselves_o in_o any_o league_n or_o amity_n with_o they_o or_o to_o suffer_v such_o to_o have_v any_o deal_n under_o they_o abraham_n refuse_v to_o take_v of_o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n so_o much_o as_o a_o thread_n 14.23_o gen._n 14.23_o or_o a_o sho●_n latchet_n lest_o he_o shall_v say_v 4.3_o e●dr_n 4.3_o i_o have_v enrich_v abraham_n zerobabell_n will_v not_o suffer_v the_o samaritan_n to_o lay_v lime_n and_o stone_n in_o the_o build_n of_o the_o lord_n 13.16.18_o 1._o reg._n 13.16.18_o the_o young_a prophet_n for_o eat_v bread_n with_o the_o wicked_a old_a prophet_n be_v denowre●_n of_o a_o lion_n 11._o euse_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 14._o nicepb_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 14._o euse_n in_o vit_fw-mi const_n lib._n 1_o cap_n 11._o john_n the_o evangelist_n will_v not_o tarry_v in_o the_o same_o house_n with_o the_o heretic_n 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