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	good_a	sin_n	7,176	5	5.3331	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04703	The vnitie and scisme of the olde chirche; Unitie and scisme of the olde chirche.	Joye, George, d. 1553.	1543 (1543)	STC 14830; ESTC S104748	16,602	40

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