Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	election_n	good_a	work_n	4,641	5	6.8470	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11074	Meditations of instruction, of exhortation, of reprofe indeauouring the edification and reparation of the house of God.	Rous, Francis, 1579-1659.	1616 (1616)	STC 21342; ESTC S100007	103,738	488

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