Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	great_a	joy_n	rejoice_v	2,536	5	8.5850	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43579	Israel's lamentation after the Lord, or, A discourse, wherein every well-wisher to Zion is excited, and directed how to lament after the Lord with prayers and tears, to maintain the ordinances of God, or God's presence with his ordinances amongst us being some meditations upon 1 Sam. 7.2.	Heywood, Oliver, 1629-1702.	1683 (1683)	Wing H1768; ESTC R22352	67,400	163

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we_o shall_v agree_v among_o ourselves_o lament_v together_o will_v clear_v up_o our_o eyesight_n and_o beget_v a_o harmony_n of_o heart_n 5._o other_o person_n in_o all_o other_o case_n do_v lament_v after_o the_o object_n that_o their_o heart_n be_v set_v upon_o david_n follow_v his_o dead_a friend_n abner_n with_o sorrow_n and_o bitter_o lament_v his_o dead_a son_n absalon_n the_o companion_n of_o jephthah_n daughter_n yearly_o lament_v she_o yea_o david_n much_o lament_a saul_n though_o his_o enemy_n while_o live_a and_o his_o swear_a brother_n jonathan_n jeremiah_n lament_v for_o josiah_n and_o all_o the_o singing-man_n &_o singing-woman_n speak_v of_o josiah_n in_o their_o lamentation_n to_o this_o day_n yea_o they_o make_v they_o a_o ordinance_n in_o israel_n 2_o chron._n 35.25_o and_o which_o of_o you_o be_v so_o hard-hearted_a but_o you_o will_v lament_v a_o dead_a friend_n or_o brother_n sister_n wife_n child_n parent_n and_o can_v thou_o not_o find_v in_o thy_o heart_n to_o 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