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
A86336	Strength made perfect in weakness In four sermons preached by William Hickocks M.A.	[Hickocks, William, fl. 1674]	1674 (1674)	Wing H1918A; ESTC R230656	47,395	104

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