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	natural_a	nature_n	4,625	5	5.6875	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01209	A treatise of the loue of God. Written in french by B. Francis de Sales Bishope and Prince of Geneua, translated into English by Miles Car priest of the English Colledge of Doway; Traité de l'amour de Dieu. English	Francis, de Sales, Saint, 1567-1622.; Carre, Thomas, 1599-1674.; Baes, Martin, engraver.	1630 (1630)	STC 11323; ESTC S102617	431,662	850

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