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	see_v	2,826	5	3.2572	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11603	Sermons experimentall: on Psalmes CXVI. & CXVII. Very vsefull for a vvounded spirit. By William Sclater D.D. sometimes rector of Limsham, and vicar of Pitmister, in Summerset-shire. Published by his son William Sclater Mr. of Arts, late fellow of Kings Colledge in Cambridge, now a priest, and preacher of the Gospel in the city of Exeter, in Devon-shire.	Sclater, William, 1575-1626.; Sclater, William, 1609-1661.	1638 (1638)	STC 21844; ESTC S116824	112,358	217

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david_n pressure_n follow_v now_o the_o check_n david_n give_v his_o soul_n for_o such_o causeless_a disquiet_n return_v unto_o thy_o rest_n o_o my_o soul_n enjoy_v thy_o old_a tranquillity_n solace_n thy_o self_n in_o god_n so_o do_v grace_n check_v its_o own_o passion_n the_o storm_n of_o violence_n once_o overblow_v especial_o for_o what_o disturbance_n rise_v from_o outward_a pressure_n see_v psal_n 42.5_o ●1_n and_o psal_n 43.5_o and_o psa_n 77.10_o it_o be_v my_o infirmity_n and_o psal_n 73.22_o he_o be-fool_n be-sot_n be-beast_n himself_o for_o it_o what_o a_o fool_n what_o a_o ignaro_fw-la what_o a_o beast_n be_o i_o to_o be_v thus_o vex_v and_o disquiet_v for_o what_o god_n provident_a hand_n dispose_v and_o weigh_v it_o well_o you_o shall_v see_v reason_n enough_o of_o control_a ourselves_o in_o this_o behalf_n that_o we_o suffer_v either_o passion_n or_o misapprehension_n to_o rob_v we_o of_o so_o great_a a_o benefit_n as_o be_v the_o quiet_a of_o the_o soul_n first_o where_o have_v we_o learn_v to_o equal_v to_o overvalue_v any_o outward_a blessing_n to_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o soul_n which_o pass_v all_o understanding_n phil._n 4.7_o second_o where_o to_o advantage_v the_o devil_n against_o we_o to_o work_v upon_o our_o passion_n till_o perhaps_o we_o be_v swallow_v up_o of_o sorrow_n 2_o cor._n 7_o 11._o we_o be_v not_o ignorant_a say_v paul_n of_o satan_n wile_n three_o be_v it_o just_a with_o god_n to_o afflict_v we_o have_v we_o sin_v against_o he_o why_o then_o do_v we_o not_o willing_o bear_v his_o wrath_n mic._n 7.9_o four_o have_v we_o forget_v the_o consolation_n that_o god_n offer_v himself_o unto_o we_o as_o unto_o child_n heb._n 12.5_o his_o promise_n that_o he_o will_v do_v we_o good_a for_o this_o evil_n 2_o sam._n 16._o and_o in_o the_o issue_n make_v we_o partaker_n of_o the_o quiet_a fruit_n of_o righteousness_n heb._n 12.11_o bear_v we_o not_o ourselves_o in_o these_o unavoidable_a passion_n which_o