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	true_a	work_n	3,869	5	6.3593	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47141	An exhortation & caution to Friends concerning buying or keeping of Negroes	Keith, George, 1639?-1716.	1693 (1693)	Wing K162; ESTC R14277	3,395	6

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