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	work_n	6,191	5	6.9192	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64958	The cure of distractions in attending upon God in several sermons preached from I Cor. 7.35 / by Nathanael Vincent ...	Vincent, Nathanael, 1639?-1697.	1695 (1695)	Wing V405; ESTC R16228	136,768	288

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