Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	divine_a	faith_n	formal_a	1,432	5	11.4042	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52440	Two treatises concerning the divine light the first, being an answer to a letter of a learned Quaker, which he is pleased to call, A just reprehension to John Norris for his unjust reflections on the Quakers, in his book entituled, Reflections upon the conduct of human life, &c., the second, being a discourse concerning the grossness of the Quakers notion of the light within, with their confusion and inconsistency in explaining it / by John Norris ...	Norris, John, 1657-1711.; Norris, John, 1657-1711. Grossness of the Quaker's principle.	1692 (1692)	Wing N1276; ESTC R2996	64,661	150

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i_o express_o do_v i_o say_v can_v it_o be_v imagine_v that_o after_o all_o this_o i_o shall_v so_o far_o forget_v myself_o as_o to_o make_v this_o divine_a light_n to_o be_v the_o very_a same_o thing_n with_o human_a understanding_n and_o so_o confound_v as_o he_o pretend_v the_o divine_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o man_n reason_n and_o conscience_n sure_o i_o shall_v be_v fit_a to_o pick_v straw_n in_o bedlam_n than_o to_o write_v book_n shall_v i_o be_v so_o senseless_a as_o to_o make_v truth_n and_o understanding_n object_n and_o faculty_n god_n and_o creature_n all_o one_o but_o as_o this_o be_v too_o gross_a to_o be_v my_o real_a mean_v so_o the_o scope_n and_o antithesis_fw-la of_o the_o article_n do_v plain_o show_v that_o it_o be_v not_o it_o be_v plain_a from_o thence_o and_o no_o candid_a reader_n will_v have_v understand_v i_o otherwise_o that_o my_o mean_v though_o for_o brevity_n sake_n not_o so_o explicit_o word_v be_v no_o other_o than_o what_o have_v be_v 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