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	lord_n	people_n	3,261	5	4.5539	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87695	A brotherly exhortation from the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, to their brethren in England	Church of Scotland. General Assembly.; Ker, A.	1649 (1649)	Wing K333; ESTC R230359	4,170	7

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