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	law_n	sin_n	3,386	5	5.2584	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08444	Certayne sermons of the ryghte famous and excellente clerk master Barnardine Ochine, borne within the famous vniuersitie of Siena in Italy, now also an exyle in this lyfe, for the faithful testimony of Iesus Christe. Faythfully translated into Englyshe	Ochino, Bernardino, 1487-1564.; Bacon, Anne Cooke, Lady, 1528?-1610.; Argentine, Richard, d. 1568.	1551 (1551)	STC 18766; ESTC S104167	97,926	208

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