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
A26644	A reply to two discourses lately printed at Oxford concerning the adoration of our blessed Savior in the Holy Eucharist	Aldrich, Henry, 1647-1710.	1687 (1687)	Wing A899; ESTC R8295	52,095	76

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