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	reward_n	work_n	2,765	5	6.8633	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59397	A sermon design'd for the funeral of Ed. Wiseman Esq late of East-Lockinge in the county of Berks. Who was buried at Stevinton near Abingdon November the ninth, 1694. By Will. Sevill, Master of Arts, and Fellow of C.C.C. Oxford. Published at the request of many gentlemen of Berks.	Sevill, William, b. 1667 or 8.	1694 (1694)	Wing S2818A; ESTC R221098	13,819	37

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the_o curse_n of_o god_n upon_o it_o we_o be_v force_v to_o eat_v our_o bread_n in_o the_o sweat_n of_o our_o brow_n and_o how_o many_o be_v our_o other_o outward_a cross_n our_o suprize_v loss_n and_o thereby_o our_o great_a disappointment_n oftentimes_o true_o so_o many_o that_o in_o patience_n to_o possess_v our_o soul_n we_o find_v a_o very_a laborious_a task_n and_o all_o these_o in_o their_o innumerable_a particular_n be_v so_o inseparable_o annex_v to_o the_o life_n that_o now_o be_v that_o 96._o that_o omnia_fw-la ad_fw-la quae_fw-la gemimus_fw-la tributa_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o long_fw-mi vita_fw-la sunt_fw-la quomodo_fw-la in_fw-la long_fw-mi via_fw-la pulvis_fw-la &_o lutum_fw-la &_o pluvia_fw-la ep._n 96._o seneca_n a_o heathen_a as_o well_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n have_v compare_v our_o course_n upon_o earth_n to_o a_o journey_n upon_o a_o road_n in_o which_o the_o traveller_n may_v as_o soon_o expect_v not_o to_o meet_v with_o rain_n nor_o dirt_n nor_o 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