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	justification_n	justify_v	3,020	5	8.4033	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44433	Discourses, or, Sermons on several Scriptures by ... Ezekiel late Lord Bishop of London-Derry.	Hopkins, Ezekiel, 1634-1690.	1691 (1691)	Wing H2729; ESTC R31535	75,889	298

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