Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	fruit_n	good_a	tree_n	4,830	5	9.4106	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65422	Popery anatomized, or, A learned, pious, and elaborat treatise wherein many of the greatest and weightiest points of controversie, between us and papists, are handled, and the truth of our doctrine clearly proved : and the falshood of their religion and doctrine anatomized, and laid open, and most evidently convicted and confuted by Scripture, fathers, and also by some of their own popes, doctors, cardinals, and of their own writers : in answer to M. Gilbert Brown, priest / by that learned, singularly pious, and eminently faithful servant of Jesus Christ M. John Welsch ...; Reply against Mr. Gilbert Browne, priest	Welch, John, 1568?-1622.; Craford, Matthew. Brief discovery of the bloody, rebellious and treasonable principles and practises of papists.	1672 (1672)	Wing W1312; ESTC R38526	397,536	586

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o also_o inferior_a to_o the_o very_a creature_n in_o pray_v to_o mary_n to_o command_v her_o son_n jure_fw-la matris_fw-la impera_fw-la redemptori_fw-la as_o i_o hear_v your_o majesty_n most_o solid_o prove_v and_o so_o worse_o than_o the_o arrian_n injurious_a to_o his_o manhood_n to_o all_o his_o office_n his_o benefit_n and_o all_o the_o mean_n inward_a and_o outward_a of_o the_o know_v and_o apply_v of_o he_o and_o last_o of_o all_o injurious_a to_o his_o sovereign_a glory_n in_o communicate_v it_o to_o stock_n and_o stone_n a_o piece_n of_o bread_n bone_n and_o ash_n and_o the_o skurf_n skarf_n of_o all_o thing_n as_o i_o hope_v i_o have_v make_v manifest_a in_o this_o my_o answer_n so_o that_o most_o just_o it_o be_v call_v the_o speech_n of_o the_o dragon_n and_o the_o doctrine_n of_o devil_n by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n rev._n 13.11_o 1._o tim._n 4._o and_o if_o the_o profession_n of_o such_o a_o devilish_a doctrine_n be_v too_o great_a a_o evil_a what_o will_v the_o practice_v thereof_o be_v i_o mean_v the_o idolatrous_a mass_n that_o abomination_n of_o desolation_n the_o misery_n alace_o be_v too_o great_a to_o see_v the_o people_n of_o this_o country_n scatter_v like_o sheep_n without_o shepherd_n matth._n 9.36_o die_v that_o second_o and_o everlasting_a death_n for_o want_v of_o the_o bread_n of_o life_n and_o gospel_n of_o salvation_n but_o this_o will_v be_v the_o misery_n of_o misery_n if_o the_o golden_a cup_n of_o babel_n full_a of_o all_o abomination_n rev._n 17.4_o shall_v be_v set_v to_o their_o head_n again_o to_o drink_v the_o deadly_a poison_n of_o their_o own_o damnation_n and_o certain_o if_o this_o famine_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n amos_n 8.11.12_o whereby_o not_o only_o two_o or_o three_o city_n as_o the_o same_o prophet_n say_v ch_n 4.8_o but_o twenty_o or_o