Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	eternal_a	faith_n	life_n	2,807	5	5.0322	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10921	A treatise of love. Written by Iohn Rogers, ministers of Gods word in Dedham in Essex	Rogers, John, 1572?-1636.	1629 (1629)	STC 21191; ESTC S105965	73,128	253

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