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
A88302	Major Lindesy's legacie. Aprill 25. 1645. Bequeathed to his country-men, the Scottish-Commanders, and his fellow souldiers and sufferers in this terrestrial warfare. It being found in his tronke after his death, in the forme of a letter; vvith this superscription following: For his noble worthy friends and country-men, the Scottish-Commanders in the Parliament service. Deliver not this letter till I be in my grave, and then I pray you conveene these gentle-men together, and deliver it unto them as my last will: and here-with present my love unto them all.	Lindsey, Major.	1645 (1645)	Wing L2328; Thomason 669.f.10[30]; ESTC R210382	1,741	2

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