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	time_n	4,794	5	3.3956	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30702	Cosmo-meros, the worldly portion, or, The best portion of the wicked, and their misery in the enjoyment of it, opened and applyed together with some directions and helps in order to a heavenly and better portion, enforced with many usef[ul] and divine considerations / by Seth Bushell ...	Bushell, Seth, 1621-1684.	1682 (1682)	Wing B6237; ESTC R40782	133,437	408

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unto_o a_o sound_a eye_n by_o reason_n of_o a_o thick_a mist_n though_o a_o man_n be_v walk_v in_o a_o very_a short_a lane_n yet_o he_o see_v no_o end_n of_o it_o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arist_n rhet_n l._n 2._o and_o so_o a_o natural_a man_n can_v reach_v to_o the_o period_n of_o earthly_a thing_n death_n and_o danger_n be_v still_o a_o great_a way_n out_o of_o his_o sight_n whereas_o the_o eye_n of_o faith_n can_v look_v upon_o they_o as_o already_o expire_a and_o through_o they_o look_v upon_o he_o who_o therefore_o give_v the_o creature_n unto_o we_o that_o in_o they_o we_o may_v see_v his_o power_n and_o taste_v his_o goodness_n and_o nature_n itself_o methinks_v may_v seem_v to_o have_v intend_v some_o such_o thing_n as_o this_o in_o the_o very_a order_n of_o the_o creature_n downward_o a_o man_n eye_n have_v something_o immediate_o to_o fix_v on_o all_o be_v shut_v up_o in_o darkness_n save_o the_o very_a surface_n to_o note_v that_o we_o shall_v have_v our_o desire_n 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