Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	governor_n	person_n	supreme_a	2,525	5	8.8734	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53902	The raptures of a flaming spirit Being a directory, wherein methodically is contained the several parts of prayer. With select expressions for the performance of the duty. As the author useth to express himself before and after his sermons. By Nico. Pearson. &c.	Pearson, Nicolas, fl. 1682.	1682 (1682)	Wing P1010A; ESTC R217486	58,578	311

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