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	law_n	sin_n	5,839	5	5.9889	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10826	Spirituall encrease: or, Conclusions for pacifying the perplexed conscience of the weake Christian	Robertson, Bartholomew, fl. 1620.	1621 (1621)	STC 21098.7; ESTC S114561	50,019	237

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