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	judgement_n	sin_n	3,123	5	4.8089	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87806	Five seasonable sermons. As they were preached before eminent auditories, upon several arguments. / By Paul Knell Master in Arts, of Clare-Hall in Cambridge. Sometimes chaplain to a regiment of curiasiers in His late Majesties Army.	Knell, Paul, 1615?-1664.; Knell, Paul, 1615?-1664. Israel and England paralelled.; Knell, Paul, 1615?-1664. Looking-glasse for Levellers.	1660 (1660)	Wing K678; Thomason E1766_2; ESTC R209658	76,872	199

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lame_a walk_n the_o leper_n be_v cleanse_v the_o dead_a be_v raise_v up_o etc._n etc._n mat._n 11.4_o 5._o and_o when_o christ_n come_v some_o ask_v the_o question_n shall_v he_o do_v more_o miracle_n than_o these_o which_o this_o man_n do_v john_n 7.31_o though_o the_o chief_a priest_n then_o will_v not_o believe_v his_o word_n yet_o they_o may_v have_v believe_v he_o for_o his_o work_n sake_n but_o neither_o of_o these_o will_v prevail_v with_o they_o they_o have_v ear_n yet_o will_v not_o hear_v they_o have_v eye_n yet_o will_v not_o see_v which_o be_v a_o most_o notorious_a aggravation_n of_o their_o treason_n for_o have_v they_o be_v stark_o blind_a their_o sin_n haply_o may_v have_v be_v remit_v but_o because_o see_v they_o will_v not_o see_v therefore_o their_o sin_n remain_v and_o this_o sin_n of_o they_o seem_v to_o be_v no_o better_o than_o the_o very_a sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n for_o against_o conscience_n out_o of_o mere_a malice_n they_o conspire_v to_o put_v 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as_o sin_n of_o knowledge_n but_o there_o be_v neither_o ignorartia_n facti_fw-la nor_o ignorantia_fw-la juris_fw-la in_o treason_n it_o be_v wilful_o contrive_v and_o complot_v it_o be_v a_o premeditate_a sin_n to_o sin_v out_o of_o infirmity_n or_o ignorance_n to_o be_v overtake_v in_o a_o fault_n this_o be_v but_o as_o it_o be_v chance-medley_o pardonable_a by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o man_n but_o to_o sin_n with_o a_o full_a career_n of_o set_a purpose_n to_o consult_v about_o it_o this_o be_v no_o less_o than_o wilful_a murder_n a_o sin_n that_o never_o must_v go_v unpardoned_a and_o yet_o this_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o these_o chief_a priest_n in_o our_o text_n they_o reason_v among_o themselves_o say_v come_v let_v we_o kill_v