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	lord_n	time_n	4,153	5	3.6597	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54095	An account of W. Penn's travails in Holland and Germany, anno MDCLXXVII, for the service of the Gospel of Christ, by way of journal containing also divers letters and epistles writ to several great and eminent persons whilst there.	Penn, William, 1644-1718.; Penn, William, 1644-1718. To the churches of Jesus throughout the world.	1694 (1694)	Wing P1244; ESTC R18015	98,942	298

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