Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	death_n	effect_n	sin_n	5,950	5	6.1321	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53275	The generation of seekers, or, The right manner of the saints addresses to the throne of grace in two treatises : the first being a sober vindication of the spirit of prayer, with the resolution of diverse practical cases related thereunto : the second a plain exposition of the Lord's prayer, with notes and application, mainly intended as a directory to those who desire to attain the gift of prayer.	Oldfield, John, 1627?-1682.	1671 (1671)	Wing O221; ESTC R31049	228,802	474

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we_o forgive_v they_o etc._n etc._n luke_n have_v it_o thus_o for_o we_o also_o forgive_v our_o debtor_n explic._n trespass_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d debt_n which_o luke_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sin_n trespass_n deviation_n or_o as_o the_o word_n import_v missing_n of_o the_o mark_n what_o debt_n be_v properly_z so_o call_v i_o need_v not_o tell_v you_o some_o it_o may_v be_v know_v by_o woeful_a experience_n but_o how_o sin_n be_v call_v debt_n be_v not_o so_o obvious_a to_o every_o one_o understanding_n for_o it_o may_v seem_v strange_a that_o that_o shall_v be_v call_v a_o debt_n to_o god_n which_o be_v a_o offence_n against_o god_n therefore_o know_v that_o debt_n be_v here_o put_v figurative_o and_o improper_o and_o in_o reference_n to_o god_n our_o debt_n be_v twofold_a either_o 1._o direct_v and_o immediate_a which_o result_v from_o our_o relation_n to_o god_n as_o his_o creature_n and_o that_o be_v obedience_n rom._n 8._o 12._o we_o be_v debtor_n not_o to_o 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