Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	effect_n	good_a	work_n	5,591	5	6.3844	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42819	Philosophia pia, or, A discourse of the religious temper and tendencies of the experimental philosophy which is profest by the Royal Society to which is annext a recommendation and defence of reason in the affairs of religion / by Jos. Glanvill ...	Glanvill, Joseph, 1636-1680.	1671 (1671)	Wing G817; ESTC R23327	57,529	244

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the_o world_n with_o their_o own_o fancy_n instead_o of_o the_o genuine_a doctrine_n of_o that_o philosopher_n but_o i_o proceed_v chap._n iu._n philosophy_n assist_v religion_n against_o superstition_n both_o as_o it_o express_v itself_o in_o fond_a overvalue_v of_o thing_n in_o which_o there_o be_v no_o good_a and_o panic_n fear_v of_o those_o in_o which_o there_o be_v no_o hurt_n it_o enlarge_v the_o mind_n and_o so_o cure_v superstition_n by_o bett'r_n the_o intellectual_a crasis_n it_o remove_v the_o causeless_a fear_n of_o some_o extraordinary_a effect_n in_o nature_n or_o accident_n it_o be_v a_o antidote_n against_o the_o superstition_n of_o vain_a prodigy_n it_o be_v antipathy_n to_o superstition_n one_o cause_n of_o the_o charge_n of_o atheism_n against_o it_o sect_n i._o iii_o the_o real_a philosophy_n that_o inquire_v into_o god_n work_n assist_v religion_n against_o superstition_n another_o of_o its_o mortal_a enemy_n that_o i_o may_v prove_v this_o it_o must_v be_v 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