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	good_a	work_n	4,394	5	6.6946	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28640	A gvide to heaven, or, Morall instrvctions compiled partly out of the maximes of Holy Fathers and partly out of the sentences of antient philosophers / written in Latin by John de Bona ; translated into English by Iames Price.; Manductio ad coelum. English. l675	Bona, Giovanni, 1609-1674.; Price, James, 17th cent.	1675 (1675)	Wing B3550; ESTC R26447	94,815	245

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unless_o he_o have_v long_o prepare_v for_o it_o before_o hand_n render_v it_o familiar_a to_o thy_o thought_n by_o a_o continual_a meditation_n of_o it_o that_o so_o thou_o may_v receive_v it_o when_o it_o come_v with_o a_o joyful_a hart_n a_o man_n be_v not_o say_v to_o have_v live_v enough_o for_o have_v live_v many_o day_n or_o many_o year_n but_o for_o have_v a_o mind_n that_o desire_v to_o leave_v the_o world_n &_o to_o fly_v to_o its_o origine_fw-la he_o have_v live_v long_o enough_o who_o die_v well_o and_o he_o die_v well_o who_o have_v live_v well_o do_v thou_o desire_v to_o procure_v thyself_o a_o quiet_a death_n accustom_v thyself_o first_o to_o contemn_v all_o temporal_a thing_n he_o can_v fear_v death_n who_o have_v already_o deprive_v himself_o of_o more_o than_o death_n can_v take_v away_o from_o he_o do_v thou_o desire_v to_o lead_v a_o pleasant_a life_n clear_a thy_o mind_n of_o all_o un-necessary_a care_n concern_v it_o be_v ready_a for_o all_o sort_n of_o death_n 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