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	see_v	time_n	3,966	5	3.4106	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84093	[An essay toward settlement upon a sure foundation being a testimony for God in this] perillous time / by a few, who have been bewailing their own, and other abominations, and would not be comforted, until their Redeemer, who is holy, be exalted in righteousnesse, and his name which hath been so much blasphemed, be sanctified in the sight of the nations.		1659 (1659)	Wing E3295B; Thomason 669.f.21[73]; ESTC R211272	2,533	1

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