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
A87840	A decade of grievances, presented and approved to the right honourable and High Court of Parliament, against the hierarchy or government of the Lord Bishops, and their dependant offices, by a multitude of people, who are sensible of the ruine of religion, the sinking of the state, and of the plots and insultations of enemies against both.	Leighton, Alexander, 1568-1649, attributed name.	1641 (1641)	Wing L1023; Thomason E172_5; ESTC R8298	2,505	8

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