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
A47296	Five discourses on so many very important points of practical religion by John Kettlewell ... ; with a preface giving some account of the author's life.	Kettlewell, John, 1653-1695.	1696 (1696)	Wing K367; ESTC R17624	70,803	182

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