Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	exclude_v	faith_n	justification_n	1,460	5	9.5364	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26919	The divine life in three treatises ... by Richard Baxter.	Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1664 (1664)	Wing B1254; ESTC R3168	316,514	416

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