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
A35416	An elegant and learned discourse of the light of nature, with several other treatises Nathanael Culverwel ...	Culverwel, Nathanael, d. 1651?; Dillingham, William, 1617?-1689.	1652 (1652)	Wing C7569; ESTC R13398	340,382	446

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