Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	free_a	grace_n	love_n	2,934	5	6.6495	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96538	A word in season, for a warning to England: or a prophecy of perillous times open'd and apply'd. Wherein the signes of bad times, and the means of making the times good, are represented as the great concernment of all good Christians in this present age. First exhibited in a sermon preached in the Abby at Westminster, July 5. 1659. and since enlarged and published. / By Thomas VVilles, M.A. minister of the Gospel, in the city of London.	Willis, Thomas, 1619 or 20-1692.	1659 (1659)	Wing W2308; Thomason E1734_1; ESTC R7862	218,037	465

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swift_a review_n be_v these_o that_o follow_v errata_fw-la correcta_fw-la pag._n lin._n intend_a extend_v 13_o 29_o premuniti_fw-la praemuniti_fw-la 14_o 24_o overcome_v overtake_v 16_o 20_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 37_o 19_o vial_n viol._n 48_o 6_o frevalency_n prevalency_n 54_o 5_o excess_n excess_n 93_o 13_o he_o the_o 93_o 14_o octavious_n octavius_n 94_o 16_o victus_fw-la vinctus_fw-la 97_o mark_fw-mi scatter_a shatter_v 150_o 22_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 141_o mark_fw-mi corn_n cork_n 257_o 5_o thus_o there_o 263_o 11_o diabolos_fw-la diabolus_fw-la 275_o 1_o name_n doctrine_n 275_o 5_o bait_n ball_n 287_o 23_o baldwin_n de_fw-fr case_n conse_n balduin_n de_fw-fr case_n conscience_n 289_o mark_fw-mi he_o be_v proceed_v against_o he_o be_v to_o be_v proceed_v

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