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	king_n	kingdom_n	4,596	5	5.5955	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56983	Enchiridion miscellaneum spare houres improv'd in meditations divine, contemplative, practical, moral, ethical, oeconomical, political : from the pietie and learning of Fr. Quarles & Ar. Warwick, Gents. : by it they being dead, yet speak (Heb. XI. 4).	Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.; Warwick, Arthur, 1604?-1633. Spare minutes, or, Resolved meditations and premeditated resolutions.	1677 (1677)	Wing Q94; ESTC R6261	74,920	244

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cape_n of_o good_a hope_n till_o i_o arrive_v at_o the_o haven_n of_o eternal_a happiness_n chap._n xxxi_o the_o same_o water_n which_o be_v liquid_a be_v penetrate_v with_o a_o hors-haire_n will_v bear_v the_o horse_n himself_o when_o it_o be_v hard_o freeze_v i_o muse_v not_o then_o that_o those_o precept_n and_o threat_n of_o god_n judgement_n enter_v not_o into_o the_o harden_a heart_n of_o some_o old_a man_n freeze_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o sin_n which_o pierce_v and_o penetrate_v deep_a into_o the_o tender_a heart_n and_o melt_a conscience_n of_o young_a folk_n thaw_v with_o the_o warmth_n of_o god_n fear_n hence_o see_v i_o the_o cause_n why_o the_o sword_n of_o the_o word_n so_o sharp_a that_o it_o serve_v in_o some_o to_o divide_v the_o joint_n and_o marrow_n in_o other_o glance_v or_o rebound_v without_o dint_n or_o wound_n from_o their_o crystal_n freeze_v and_o adamantin_a heart_n i_o can_v promise_v my self_o to_o be_v free_a from_o sin_n i_o be_v then_o no_o man_n 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have_v my_o will_n which_o will_v undo_v myself_o of_o what_o i_o have_v by_o my_o willfullnes_n chap._n xxxv_o the_o psalmist_n do_v not_o slander_v the_o slanderer_n when_o in_o a_o good_a description_n of_o their_o bad_a nature_n he_o say_v their_o throat_n be_v a_o open_a sepulchre_n etc._n etc._n the_o poison_n of_o asp_n be_v under_o their_o lip_n for_o what_o more_o loathsome_a stench_n and_o noisome_a smell_n can_v a_o new_a open_a sepulchre_n belch_v out_o than_o these_o venomous_a open_a throat_a slanderer_n and_o well_o may_v their_o lip_n contain_v the_o poison_n of_o asp_n of_o which_o lucan_n say_v in_o nulla_fw-la plus_fw-la est_fw-la serpent_n venent_n when_o a_o few_o word_n of_o they_o shall_v like_o a_o witch_n spell_n charm_n and_o strike_v dead_a a_o man_n dear_a reputation_n i_o will_v therefore_o endeavour_v to_o make_v my_o action_n of_o that_o virtue_n that_o as_o a_o antidote_n of_o mithridates_n his_o best_a confection_n they_o may_v repel_v the_o worst_a infection_n those_o serpent_n shall_v spit_v at_o i_o and_o albeit_o i_o can_v be_v free_a from_o their_o assault_n from_o which_o none_o be_v free_v yet_o i_o will_v not_o with_o cleopatra_n set_v those_o asp_n so_o near_o my_o heart_n that_o they_o may_v stop_v my_o vital_a spirit_n with_o their_o poison_n and_o since_o i_o must_v pass_v through_o this_o africa_n of_o monster_n and_o harmful_a beast_n i_o will_v careful_o fear_v and_o shun_v the_o worst_a of_o tame_a beast_n the_o flatterer_n and_o of_o wild_a beast_n the_o slanderer_n chap._n xxxvi_o meditation_n be_v a_o busy_a search_n in_o the_o store-house_n of_o fantasy_n for_o some_o idea_n of_o matter_n to_o be_v cast_v in_o the_o mould_n of_o resolution_n into_o some_o form_n of_o word_n or_o action_n in_o which_o search_n when_o i_o have_v use_v my_o great_a diligence_n i_o find_v this_o in_o the_o conclusion_n that_o to_o meditate_v on_o the_o best_o be_v the_o best_a of_o meditation_n and_o a_o resolution_n to_o make_v a_o good_a end_n be_v a_o good_a end_n of_o my_o resolution_n fines_n