Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	great_a	know_v	5,049	5	3.5427	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65870	Judgment fixed upon the accuser of our brethren and the real Christian-Quaker vindicated from the persecuting outrage of apostate informers chiefly from W. Rogers, F. Bugg, T. Crisp, John Pennyman and Jeffery Bullock ... / by that contemned servant of Christ George Whitehead.	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.	1682 (1682)	Wing W1937; ESTC R34747	166,538	377

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the_o say_a meeting_n will_v not_o hear_v his_o letter_n what_o great_a crime_n be_v that_o to_o this_o thou_o say_v viz._n shall_v the_o supreme_a power_n in_o this_o nation_n have_v treat_v our_o friend_n so_o as_o not_o to_o hear_v our_o address_n 26._o many_o goal_n may_v at_o this_o day_n have_v remain_v full_a of_o honest_a friend_n who_o have_v be_v discharge_v from_o their_o sore_a imprisonment_n there_o be_v no_o parallel_n in_o the_o case_n between_o friend_n tender_a address_n to_o authority_n for_o relief_n of_o friend_n in_o distress_n goal_n &c_n &c_n and_o f._n bugg_n ●●●lecting_v abusive_a letter_n to_o friend_n in_o vindication_n of_o a_o irregular_a practice_n unwarrantable_a and_o tend_v to_o a_o corrupt_a fleshly_a liberty_n as_o that_o of_o propose_v the_o marriage_n but_o once_o to_o the_o meeting_n etc._n etc._n howbeit_o it_o be_v a_o marvel_n thou_o will_v grant_v we_o so_o much_o truth_n as_o that_o our_o address_n have_v at_o any_o time_n have_v so_o good_a 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parliament_n that_o thou_o and_o f._n b._n have_v against_o we_o they_o may_v very_o well_o have_v reject_v our_o application_n as_o person_n insolent_a to_o and_o contemn_v of_o government_n shall_v we_o have_v render_v they_o no_o more_o right_o in_o government_n than_o you_o have_v our_o meeting_n for_o a_o church_n of_o christ_n how_o shall_v they_o have_v accept_v our_o address_n as_o if_o we_o shall_v have_v tell_v they_o they_o be_v a_o false_a usurp_a impose_v apostate_n parliament_n they_o may_v just_o have_v reject_v our_o address_n §_o 6._o moreover_o it_o be_v a_o shameful_a lie_n and_o abuse_v for_o thou_o again_o to_o recite_v the_o paper_n from_o barbadoes_n as_o one_o part_n of_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o pretend_a establish_a government_n p._n 27._o since_o that_o paper_n be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v own_a as_o any_o part_n of_o the_o fruit_n of_o that_o government_n establish_v which_o be_v by_o christ_n we_o affirm_v among_o we_o that_o we_o have_v both_o plain_o 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