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	life_n	lord_n	2,530	5	3.6552	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13700	Soliloquium animæ. The sole-talke of the soule. Or, a spirituall and heauenlie dialogue betwixt the soule of man and God. Which, for the great affinitie it hath with other bookes of the auctor published heeretofore in our natiue tongue, is now entituled The fourth booke of the Imitation of Christ. Translated and corrected by Thomas Rogers. Neuer before published.; Soliloquium animæ. English	Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471.; Rogers, Thomas.	1592 (1592)	STC 23995; ESTC S107313	86,064	234

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not_o choose_v i_o 16_o but_o my_o mercy_n do_v prevent_v you_o dare_v any_o yet_o murmur_v against_o you_o for_o come_v unto_o i_o comfort_v thyself_o his_o murmur_n be_v not_o against_o thou_o but_o flat_o against_o my_o person_n because_o it_o be_v i_o that_o receive_v 15_o and_o ●eate_v with_o sinner_n 13_o and_o why_o ought_v you_o not_o to_o challenge_v my_o acquaintance_n the_o which_o 〈◊〉_d rejoice_v to_o offer_v rather_o than_o to_o withdraw_v from_o any_o one_o s._n oah_n gracious_a lord_n lie_v not_o this_o ●in_a to_o their_o charge_n but_o to_o i_o and_o to_o