Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	find_v	great_a	reason_n	2,541	5	4.6084	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02762	The burning bush not consumed wherein (either vnder all deepe sense of wrath; or hardnesse of heart, one may iudge, whether he be the childe of God, or not, &c. Chiefly receyuing satisfaction concerning the sinne against the Holy Ghost. Perused by I.D. and diuers other diuines.	Hart, John, D.D.; Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639, attributed name.	1616 (1616)	STC 12891; ESTC S103842	61,708	194

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how_o near_o the_o child_n of_o god_n may_v come_v unto_o the_o wicked_a in_o the_o sense_n and_o feel_n of_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n minister_n first_o 55.4.5_o god_n child_n will_v feel_v all_o his_o impediment_n stand_v up_o betwixt_o god_n and_o he_o 2._o he_o may_v have_v no_o kind_n of_o feeling_n either_o of_o the_o love_n of_o god_n or_o of_o his_o mercy_n election_n redemption_n or_o of_o the_o spirit_n of_o sanctification_n 3._o god_n child_n will_v feel_v for_o his_o sin_n in_o god_n absence_n in_o his_o conscience_n burn_v wrath_n unquietness_n and_o torment_n 4._o when_o he_o think_v of_o god_n he_o may_v be_v trouble_v eternity_n will_v dash_v he_o the_o conscience_n of_o he_o also_o at_o that_o time_n may_v bear_v such_o witness_n against_o he_o 88.15_o that_o altogether_o he_o may_v doubt_v of_o his_o salvation_n easy_o than_o he_o may_v be_v persuade_v to_o despair_v and_o if_o at_o such_o a_o time_n it_o be_v give_v unto_o the_o sense_n of_o his_o own_o conscience_n to_o judge_v he_o will_v willing_o subscribe_v his_o own_o condemnation_n scholar_n declare_v then_o what_o be_v that_o manner_n of_o work_v by_o which_o god_n use_v to_o heal_v a_o soul_n be_v thus_o disease_v minist_n 3.5_o he_o have_v a_o secret_a work_n for_o that_o present_a unfelt_a by_o the_o patient_n yet_o afterward_o full_o reveal_v scholar_n but_o in_o such_o a_o narrow_a pinch_n how_o may_v we_o judge_v of_o that_o secret_a work_n minister_n 7.11_o first_o by_o that_o grief_n we_o have_v for_o grieve_v of_o our_o god_n 2._o by_o that_o desire_n we_o have_v to_o be_v reconcile_v with_o god_n for_o still_o the_o more_o grievous_a that_o the_o torment_n be_v so_o much_o the_o great_a will_v desire_v of_o reconciliation_n be_v and_o the_o hatred_n to_o sin_n 4.18_o 3._o by_o that_o hope_n we_o have_v above_o hope_n against_o our_o feel_n look_v unto_o god_n free_a promise_n with_o assurance_n that_o he_o will_v come_v with_o this_o resolution_n that_o though_o he_o delay_v 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testify_v when_o he_o say_v thy_o hand_n be_v heavy_a upon_o i_o day_n and_o night_n 32.4_o &_o my_o moisture_n be_v turn_v into_o the_o drought_n of_o summer_n and_o again_o there_o be_v nothing_o sound_a in_o my_o flesh_n 38.3.4.5_o because_o of_o thy_o anger_n neither_o be_v there_o rest_n in_o my_o bone_n because_o of_o my_o sin_n for_o my_o iniquity_n be_v go_v over_o my_o head_n and_o as_o a_o mighty_a burden_n be_v too_o heavy_a for_o i_o my_o wound_n be_v putrify_v and_o corrupt_a because_o of_o my_o foolishness_n my_o reins_n be_v full_a of_o burn_v and_o there_o be_v nothing_o sound_a in_o my_o flesh_n yea_o he_o further_o testify_v that_o the_o indignation_n of_o god_n lay_v upon_o he_o again_o he_o say_v 88.7.16_o thy_o indignation_n go_v over_o i_o and_o thy_o fear_n have_v cut_v i_o off_o schol._n yet_o declare_v further_o how_o far_o may_v the_o child_n of_o god_n be_v cast_v down_o feel_v of_o god_n absence_n be_v in_o continual_a vexation_n by_o the_o apprehension_n of_o his_o anger_n yet_o continue_v the_o child_n of_o god_n min._n first_o the_o child_n of_o god_n may_v be_v drive_v to_o such_o a_o extremity_n and_o narrow_a pinch_n that_o to_o his_o feel_n god_n hide_v his_o face_n from_o he_o the_o lord_n reject_v his_o soul_n 3.8_o and_o when_o he_o roar_v cry_v out_o that_o he_o shut_v forth_o his_o prayer_n next_o to_o his_o sense_n &_o feeling_n he_o will_v feel_v the_o god_n of_o heaven_n to_o be_v his_o enemy_n pull_v he_o in_o piece_n cause_v the_o arrow_n of_o his_o quiver_n to_o enter_v into_o his_o reins_n fill_v he_o with_o bitterness_n and_o cause_v his_o soul_n to_o be_v far_o from_o peace_n again_o the_o child_n of_o god_n to_o his_o feel_n may_v through_o the_o affliction_n of_o his_o soul_n be_v at_o the_o brink_n of_o despair_n and_o at_o the_o point_n of_o death_n yea_o and_o from_o his_o youth_n suffer_v terror_n 88.15_o doubt_v of_o his_o life_n last_o the_o child_n of_o god_n through_o the_o manifold_a tentation_n of_o 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god_n to_o go_v forth_o of_o his_o heart_n and_o the_o mind_n to_o be_v blind_v 2._o he_o leave_v off_o serious_o either_o to_o seek_v god_n or_o to_o mourn_v for_o his_o absence_n 3._o the_o veil_n and_o snare_n of_o hardness_n of_o heart_n thus_o come_v upon_o he_o 4._o the_o heart_n become_v senseless_a and_o dead_a 5._o the_o party_n thus_o lie_v open_a unto_o tentation_n unarm_v sin_n deceive_v with_o the_o enticement_n thereof_o defile_v the_o affection_n persuade_v they_o to_o fulfil_v the_o lust_n of_o the_o flesh_n 6._o the_o sense_n of_o heaven_n and_o of_o hell_n become_v strange_o decay_v and_o last_o there_o may_v well_o abide_v a_o light_n to_o convince_v and_o convict_v the_o conscience_n thus_o defile_v but_o no_o power_n to_o resist_v sin_n in_o the_o act_n schol._n what_o shall_v we_o learn_v from_o hence_o minist_n first_o 32.9_o to_o beware_v we_o lose_v not_o our_o peace_n and_o communion_n with_o god_n 2._o to_o shun_v hardness_n of_o heart_n and_o blindness_n 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