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	people_n	3,792	5	4.4298	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77280	Innocency and the blood of the slain souldiers, and people, mightily complaining, and crying out to the Lord, and the people of the land, against those forty knights and burgesses, or thereabouts, that sit in the House of Commons. For the violation of our capital fundamental laws and liberties, and those capital obligations mentioned in this my letter, in capital letters. Or a letter to an eight yeers speaker of the House of Commons. / By Cap. William Bray, from his indurance, illegal, un-Christian, and cruel gaol in Windsor Castle.	Bray, William, 17th cent.	1649 (1649)	Wing B4304; Thomason E568_12; ESTC R206251	25,812	21

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according_a to_o will_n and_o power_n but_o now_o power_n in_o they_o use_v worse_o be_v not_o the_o same_o pag._n 39_o 40.41.42_o that_o justice_n and_o righteousness_n than_o be_v one_o of_o the_o witness_n of_o god_n then_o it_o be_v now_o the_o same_o that_o they_o be_v no_o emissary_n a●my_n hire_v to_o serve_v any_o arbitrary_a power_n of_o state_n but_o their_o arbitrary_a power_n of_o state_n that_o th●y_n be_v sensible_a of_o complaint_n arbitrariness_n oppression_n and_o injustice_n but_o now_o a_o man_n can_v have_v justice_n from_o these_o they_o have_v leave_v in_o the_o house_n for_o they_o that_o they_o will_v not_o have_v a_o absolute_a or_o arbitrary_a power_n f●und_v in_o any_o can_v not_o wish_v to_o have_v it_o in_o any_o who_o they_o most_o confide_v in_o or_o who_o shall_v appear_v most_o of_o their_o opinion_n and_o principle_n be_v this_o truth_n that_o they_o be_v for_o parliamentary_a authority_n right_o constitute_v when_o will_v it_o be_v perform_v when_o 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