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	life_n	sin_n	9,880	5	5.5192	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75582	The just mans defence, or, The royal conquest being the declaration of the judgement of James Arminius, Doctor of Divinity in the University of Leyden, concerning the principall points of religion, before the States of Holland and VVestfriezland / translated for the vindication of truth, by Tobias Conyers, sometimes of Peter-house in Cambridge.; Declaratio sententiae de predestinatione. English	Arminius, Jacobus, 1560-1609.; Conyers, Tobias, 1628-1687.	1657 (1657)	Wing A3700A; ESTC R208013	52,267	187

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5_o gen._n 2._o 17._o that_o thou_o shall_v die_v if_o any_o of_o these_o be_v take_v away_o from_o he_o the_o force_n and_o weight_n of_o that_o monition_n exciting_a he_o to_o obedience_n fall_v to_o the_o ground_n 1._o it_o oppose_v the_o image_n of_o god_n in_o man_n consist_v in_o sanctity_n and_o knowledge_n of_o he_o according_a to_o which_o man_n be_v apt_a able_a &_o oblige_v to_o know_v love_n worship_n and_o serve_v god_n but_o by_o this_o predestination_n intervening_a or_o rather_o prevening_n man_n be_v fore-ordained_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v vicious_a and_o sinful_a i._n e._n that_o he_o shall_v not_o know_v god_n love_n worship_n or_o serve_v he_o neither_o perform_v that_o which_o according_a to_o the_o image_n of_o god_n in_o his_o aptitude_n potency_n and_o obligement_n he_o stand_v bind_v to_o do_v which_o tant_fw-fr amount_v this_o that_o god_n create_v man_n after_o his_o own_o image_n in_o holiness_n and_o righteousness_n but_o fore-ordained_n and_o decree_v 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