Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	faith_n	grace_n	justify_v	4,538	5	8.7378	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03336	A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse the third of March, 1610. By Theophilus Higgons. In testimony of his heartie reunion with the Church of England, and humble submission thereunto. Published by command	Higgons, Theophilus, 1578?-1659.	1611 (1611)	STC 13456; ESTC S104096	44,137	62

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infallible_a as_o god_n love_n can_v a_o woman_n forget_v her_o child_n and_o not_o have_v compassion_n upon_o the_o son_n of_o her_o womb_n if_o they_o shall_v forget_v as_o some_o may_v be_v yea_o some_o have_v be_v so_o unnatural_a yet_o will_v not_o i_o forget_v thou_o say_v god_n unto_o his_o disconsolate_a and_o afflict_a zion_n esay_n 49.15_o therefore_o till_o you_o can_v find_v who_o you_o may_v compare_v with_o god_n you_o shall_v find_v no_o love_n to_o be_v compare_v with_o his_o love_n but_o now_o to_o come_v unto_o the_o three_o point_n as_o the_o love_n of_o god_n be_v commend_v before_o from_o the_o quantity_n thereof_o it_o be_v a_o great_a love_n so_o it_o be_v yet_o further_o commend_v from_o the_o object_n thereof_o vs._n who_o jew_n and_o gentile_n of_o what_o condition_n or_o estate_n dead_a in_o sin_n this_o be_v 5._o be_v pag._n 5._o design_v by_o i_o to_o be_v the_o three_o general_a circumstance_n of_o my_o text_n but_o i_o will_v entreat_v of_o it_o here_o 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