Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	evil_a	evil_n	sin_n	4,011	5	5.5536	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09510	Morbus epidemicus, or The churles sickenesse In a sermon preached before the iudges of the assises. By T.P.	Pestell, Thomas, 1584?-1659?	1615 (1615)	STC 19790; ESTC S114584	15,123	30

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