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	great_a	know_v	2,521	5	3.4978	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A21059	Tvvo treatises the one of Good conscicnce [sic]; shewing the nature, meanes, markes, benefits, and necessitie thereof. The other The mischiefe and misery of scandalls, both taken and given. Both published. by Ier: Dyke, minister of Gods Word at Epping in Essex.	Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639.; Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639. Mischiefe and miserie of scandals both taken, and given. aut; Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639. Good conscience. aut	1635 (1635)	STC 7428; ESTC S100168	221,877	565

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few_o that_o can_v marry_v with_o that_o joy_n wherewith_o a_o good_a conscience_n die_v it_o enable_v a_o man_n not_o only_o to_o look_v ananias_n and_o the_o council_n in_o the_o face_n but_o even_o to_o look_v death_n itself_o in_o the_o face_n without_o those_o amaze_a terror_n yea_o it_o make_v the_o face_n of_o death_n seem_v lovely_a and_o amiable_a he_o who_o conscience_n be_v good_a and_o see_v the_o face_n of_o god_n reconcile_v to_o he_o in_o christ_n he_o can_v say_v as_o jacob_n do_v when_o he_o see_v the_o face_n of_o joseph_n gen._n 46._o 30._o now_o let_v i_o die_v since_o i_o have_v see_v thy_o face_n it_o be_v the_o privilege_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n alone_o to_o go_v to_o the_o grave_n as_o agag_n do_v to_o samuel_n and_o to_o say_v that_o true_o which_o he_o speak_v beside_o the_o book_n 1_o sam._n 15._o 32._o he_o come_v pleasant_o and_o he_o say_v sure_o the_o bitterness_n of_o death_n be_v past_a he_o be_v deceive_v and_o therefore_o have_v no_o such_o 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