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	sin_n	3,005	5	4.4939	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41142	Wilfull impenitency, the grossest selfe-murder all they who are guilty of it, apprehended, tryed and condemned in these sermons, preached at Rochford in Essex not long before his death / by ... Mr. William Fenner ...	Fenner, William, 1600-1640.	1648 (1648)	Wing F712; ESTC R14613	82,808	158

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gather_v her_o chicken_n but_o thou_o will_v not_o i_o will_v say_v god_n but_o you_o will_v not_o 23.37_o nay_o how_o often_o will_v i_o but_o you_o will_v not_o mat._n 23.37_o though_o god_n be_v not_o so_o willing_a as_o to_o give_v they_o all_o power_n to_o believe_v and_o be_v save_v yet_o he_o be_v aforehand_o with_o they_o it_o be_v true_a if_o the_o wicked_a shall_v will_v as_o far_o as_o they_o be_v able_a to_o will_n presup_n yet_o their_o will_n be_v not_o able_a full_a out_o but_o this_o do_v not_o excuse_v they_o because_o god_n always_o resolve_v to_o be_v aforehand_o with_o they_o indeed_o as_o in_o mat._n 25.29_o god_n give_v his_o servant_n this_o rule_n by_o which_o he_o ever_o go_v towards_o they_o 25.29_o unto_o every_o one_o that_o have_v shall_v be_v give_v and_o he_o shall_v have_v abundance_n speak_v of_o thing_n in_o eodem_fw-la genere_fw-la but_o to_o apply_v it_o to_o a_o man_n in_o the_o state_n of_o nature_n be_v to_o say_v grace_n be_v give_v according_a 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