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	work_n	9,756	5	6.9844	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36360	Divine contemplations, and spiritual breathings of Mr. Henry Dorney	Dorney, Henry, 1613-1683?	1684 (1684)	Wing D1930; ESTC R41100	252,036	444

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