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	life_n	sin_n	2,526	5	4.8115	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92900	A paraphrase upon Job; written in French by J.F. Senault, father of the oratory: and dedicated to the Cardinal of Richlieu.; Paraphrase sur Job. English	Senault, Jean-François, 1601-1672.	1648 (1648)	Wing S2502; Thomason E1115_1; ESTC R208462	181,280	444

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