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	work_n	work_v	4,456	5	8.0130	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02339	Two guides to a good life The genealogy of vertue and the nathomy of sinne. Liuely displaying the worth of one, and the vanity of the other.; Anathomie of sinne.	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656, attributed name.; Humfrey, Richard, attributed name.	1604 (1604)	STC 12466; ESTC S118647	67,276	265

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8_o but_o as_o true_a repentance_n be_v never_o without_o faith_n so_o be_v it_o likewise_o at_o all_o time_n accompany_v with_o good_a work_n what_o good_a work_n we_o ought_v to_o do_v insomuch_o as_o the_o lord_n pronounce_v he_o be_v worship_v in_o vain_a with_o the_o commandment_n of_o man_n therefore_o we_o must_v practice_v and_o do_v such_o good_a work_n as_o be_v prescribe_v unto_o we_o in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n ezec._n 20._o because_o many_o thing_n may_v seem_v good_a in_o our_o eye_n that_o be_v abominable_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n how_o good_a work_n be_v to_o be_v do_v after_o that_o a_o godly_a and_o religious_a man_n have_v find_v out_o what_o work_n be_v to_o be_v do_v forthwith_o he_o address_v himself_o to_o understande_v in_o what_o sort_n they_o be_v to_o be_v do_v for_o resolution_n of_o which_o question_n that_o one_o place_n in_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o heb._n 11_o 6._o may_v be_v sufficient_a where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o without_o faith_n it_o 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