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	justification_n	true_a	3,028	5	5.9571	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96295	Mankinds jubilee, or, Good tidings of great joy for all people plainly discovered by Scripture texts ... shewing that there is a common salvation of all men ... / written by Christopher Wade, An. Dom 1658.	Wade, Christopher, 17th cent.	1658 (1658)	Wing W158A; ESTC R42984	102,952	125

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