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	great_a	sin_n	2,789	5	5.0653	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18693	The vvarfare of Christians concerning the conflict against the fleshe, the world, and the deuill. Translated out of Latine by Arthure Golding.	Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606.	1576 (1576)	STC 5201; ESTC S116490	35,443	84

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●●ey_n take_v not_o hold_v of_o god_n spirit_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o unbelief_n and_o sensuality_n but_o walk_v unreasonable_o after_o their_o own_o lust_n and_o the_o prophet_n call_v they_o cattle_n &_o wild_a beast_n &_o common_a custom_n term_v they_o brute_n beast_n without_o reason_n and_o in_o all_o the_o law_n itself_o call_v they_o unclean_a and_o anon_o after_o for_o the_o same_o cause_n say_v he_o the_o lord_n term_v they_o dead_a man_n for_o he_o bid_v they_o let_v the_o dead_a bury_v their_o dead_a because_o they_o have_v not_o the_o spirit_n in_o they_o that_o quicken_v the_o man_n contrariwise_o as_o many_o as_o fear_n god_n and_o hope_n for_o the_o come_n of_o his_o son_n and_o settle_v the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o their_o heart_n by_o faith_n shall_v just_o be_v call_v man_n and_o clean_o and_o spiritual_a and_o ghostly_a and_o alive_a to_o god_n because_o they_o have_v the_o spirit_n of_o the_o father_n which_o make_v a_o man_n clean_o and_o raise_v he_o up_o to_o 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