Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	devil_n	sin_n	will_n	3,019	5	7.7910	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14146	The parable of the wycked mammon Compiled in the yere of our lorde .M.d.xxxvi. W.T.	Tyndale, William, d. 1536.	1547 (1547)	STC 24457; ESTC S104878	71,387	139

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