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	sin_n	sin_v	3,111	5	9.7434	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04379	Newcastles call, to her neighbour and sister townes and cities throughout the land, to take warning by her sins and sorrowes Lest this overflowing scourge of pestilence reach even unto them also. As also a direction, how to discover such sins as are the procurers of Gods judgments by divers methods. By R. Jenison, Dr. of D. Whereunto is added, the number of them that dyed weekely in Newcastle and Garth-side, from May 6. to December 31. 1636.	Jenison, Robert, 1584?-1652.	1637 (1637)	STC 14492; ESTC S107703	57,340	278

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5.7_o jerem._n 5.7_o see_v thou_o will_v neither_o seek_v pardon_n nor_o forsake_v thy_o sin_n tell_v i_o will_v thou_o that_o i_o shall_v violate_v my_o justice_n to_o spare_v thou_o in_o thy_o sin_n how_o can_v thou_o in_o reason_n expect_v it_o will_v you_o infect_v one_o another_o with_o your_o evil_a example_n and_o company-keeping_a by_o tempt_v and_o entice_v one_o another_o to_o sin_n to_o my_o dishonour_n and_o shall_v i_o still_o fit_a still_o and_o do_v nothing_o shall_v not_o i_o send_v my_o plague_n among_o you_o to_o make_v you_o afraid_a one_o of_o another_o and_o to_o sever_v you_o one_o from_o another_o shall_v i_o not_o multiply_v my_o plague_n till_o you_o each_o of_o you_o see_v the_o plague_n of_o your_o own_o heart_n and_o seek_v unto_o i_o for_o mercy_n and_o for_o heal_v if_o otherwise_o 5.9_o jerem._n 5.9_o shall_v i_o not_o visit_v for_o these_o thing_n use_v use_v 1_o people_n in_o our_o suffering_n to_o justify_v god_n his_o truth_n and_o people_n now_o 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