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
A53501	A treatise concerning the causes of the present corruption of Christians and the remedies thereof; Traité des sources de la corruption qui règne aujourd'hui parmi les Chrestiens. English	Ostervald, Jean Frédéric, 1663-1747.; Mutel, Charles.	1700 (1700)	Wing O532; ESTC R11917	234,448	610

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