Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	follow_v	good_a	work_n	2,965	5	6.2248	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85073	A faithful remembrance and advice to the General Council of Officers of the armies of England, Scotland, & Ireland, from divers in Cornwal and Devon, in behalf of themselves and sundry hundreds, cordial friends to the blessed cause of righteousness which God hath stated and pleaded with a stretched out arm, in these (and in the sight of all the) nations.		1659 (1659)	Wing F282; Thomason E980_16; ESTC R207766	2,710	7

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