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	part_n	place_n	2,339	5	4.1138	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01090	Plouto-mastix: the scourge of covetousnesse: or, An apologie for the publike good, against privacie A sermon preached at the assises in Deuon, at the command of the Lord Byshop of Exon, anno, 1630. By Thomas Foster, Master of Arts and rector of Farway.	Foster, Thomas, b. 1590 or 91.	1631 (1631)	STC 11202; ESTC S102538	20,928	34

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very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o that_o a_o rich_a man_n a_o covetous_a rich_a man_n shall_v hardly_o enter_v etc._n etc._n mat._n 19_o 23._o our_o apostle_n strike_v it_o dead_a no_o covetous_a person_n have_v any_o inheritance_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n eph._n 5._o 5._o he_o will_v give_v you_o good_a reason_n for_o it_o 1._o it_o be_v radix_fw-la omnum_fw-la malorum_fw-la 1._o tim._n 6._o and_o humane_a reason_n have_v espy_v as_o much_o indè_fw-la ferè_fw-la scelerum_fw-la causae_fw-la juven._n sat._n 14._o all_o wickedness_n almost_o spring_v from_o this_o root_n pride_n ambition_n oppression_n fraud_n fallacy_n injury_n perjury_n luxury_n inhamanity_n usury_n bribery_n anxiety_n of_o mind_n hardness_n of_o heart_n contempt_n of_o god_n neglect_v of_o death_n hell_n and_o judgement_n for_o these_o thing_n be_v not_o suffer_v to_o approach_v the_o sight_n or_o sense_n of_o covetous_a worldling_n o_o death_n how_o bitter_a be_v the_o remembrance_n of_o thou_o to_o a_o man_n 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idolaters?-sicut_a idolatra_fw-mi idola_fw-la colit_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la deum_fw-la verum_fw-la etc._n etc._n carth._n in_o loc_n as_o a_o idolater_n worship_v idol_n more_o than_o the_o true_a god_n so_o they_o make_v more_o of_o their_o mammon_n then_o of_o their_o maker_n our_o common_a proverb_n show_v it_o when_o riches_n be_v confer_v upon_o a_o man_n they_o say_v he_o be_v a_o man_n make_v as_o though_o the_o riches_n make_v the_o man_n not_o god_n therefore_o joh._n de_fw-fr comb._n say_v homo_fw-la avarus_fw-la exhibet_fw-la creaturae_fw-la quod_fw-la debe●_n creatori_fw-la de_n avarit_fw-la a_o covetous_a man_n ascribe_v that_o to_o the_o creature_n which_o be_v due_a to_o the_o creator_n viz._n fidem_fw-la spem_fw-la &_o delectationem_fw-la faith_n hope_n and_o love_n 1._o faith_n thus_o in_o affiance_n they_o cry_v like_o israel_n these_o be_v thy_o god_n o_o israel_n exod._n 32._o 4._o 2._o hope_n they_o make_v gold_n their_o hope_n job_n 31._o 24._o and_o the_o 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