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	love_n	3,006	5	5.2017	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86199	The backslider bewailed, the careless warned: and the faithful encouraged. With true desires, and living breathings for the preservation of the whole Israel of God. / Written by P. Hendrick... ; translated into English by W.C.	Hendricks, Pieter.; Caton, William, 1636-1665.	1665 (1665)	Wing H1448; ESTC R229321	8,941	12

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