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	people_n	5,231	5	4.6713	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90810	A sermon preached before the religious societies in St. Michael's Church Dublin. September the 25th. 1698. / by Thomas Pollard ...	Pollard, Thomas.	1698 (1698)	Wing P2777; ESTC R181919	10,628	20

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as_o in_o a_o bad_a sense_n according_a as_o it_o be_v apply_v the_o odium_n that_o be_v first_o derive_v upon_o the_o name_n be_v in_o the_o early_a persecution_n of_o the_o church_n when_o the_o christian_n lose_v both_o their_o life_n and_o estate_n by_o the_o heathenish_a informer_n but_o as_o it_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o virtue_n then_o so_o it_o may_v be_v to_o vice_n now_o and_o if_o it_o be_v real_o so_o if_o it_o tend_v to_o the_o promotion_n of_o piety_n and_o reformation_n it_o can_v be_v no_o inglorious_a name_n unless_o it_o be_v a_o crime_n to_o suppress_v sin_n and_o to_o root_v out_o the_o lewdness_n and_o profaneness_n which_o will_v bring_v a_o curse_n and_o destruction_n upon_o a_o nation_n will_v he_o deserve_v to_o be_v brand_v with_o a_o infamous_a character_n that_o shall_v discover_v to_o the_o magistrate_n such_o treasonable_a practice_n as_o tend_v to_o the_o utter_a subvertion_n of_o the_o state_n and_o government_n ought_v he_o not_o rather_o to_o be_v 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