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	see_v	time_n	5,907	5	3.3926	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42552	The mount of holy meditation: or a treatise shewing the nature and kinds of meditation the subject matter and ends of it; the necessity of meditation; together with the excellency and usefulnesse thereof. By William Gearing minister of the gospel at Lymington in the county of Southampton.	Gearing, William.	1662 (1662)	Wing G436B; ESTC R222671	88,628	217

with_o meditation_n they_o must_v meditate_v on_o that_o which_o be_v good_a and_o meditate_v upon_o truth_n 2.1_o psal_n 2.1_o lest_o they_o imagine_v a_o vain_a thing_n or_o meditate_v on_o heresy_n whereto_o all_o man_n by_o nature_n be_v prone_a which_o spread_v itself_o so_o far_o 2.17_o 2_o tim._n 2.17_o and_o eat_v a●_n do_v a_o gangreen_n 4._o meditation_n be_v a_o exercise_n that_o well_o become_v young_a man_n who_o be_v strong_a and_o vigorous_a musculus_fw-la non_fw-la sufficit_fw-la operandi_fw-la molestia_fw-la nisi_fw-la etiam_fw-la accedat_fw-la meditandi_fw-la cogitandi_fw-la considerandi_fw-la ac_fw-la deliberandi_fw-la industria_fw-la musculus_fw-la they_o be_v command_v to_o remember_v their_o creator_n in_o the_o day_n of_o their_o youth_n eccles_n 12.1_o in_o the_o morning_n of_o thy_o youth_n sow_v thy_o seed_n eccles_n 11.6_o and_o it_o may_v be_v observe_v that_o the_o wise_a man_n say_v not_o in_o the_o year_n of_o thy_o youth_n but_o in_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o youth_n that_o be_v to_o cut_v off_o all_o occasion_n of_o delay_n some_o idle_a head_a mathematician_n may_v have_v make_v a_o almanac_n of_o it_o divide_v it_o into_o four_o quarter_n allot_v the_o first_o to_o idleness_n the_o second_o to_o wantonness_n the_o three_o to_o covetousness_n and_o the_o last_o if_o any_o to_o piety_n devotion_n and_o meditation_n but_o solomon_n by_o require_v we_o to_o remember_v our_o creator_n in_o the_o day_n of_o our_o youth_n cut_v off_o these_o idle_a division_n require_v the_o young_a man_n to_o spend_v the_o flower_n of_o his_o age_n in_o meditate_v on_o god_n 23.10_o exod._n 22.29_o exod._n 24.19_o l●u._n 23.10_o under_o the_o law_n the_o first-born_a and_o the_o first_o fruit_n be_v to_o be_v sanctify_v to_o the_o lord_n they_o must_v offer_v a_o sheaf_n of_o the_o first_o fruit_n not_o a_o handful_n of_o the_o glean_n let_v we_o not_o think_v if_o we_o offer_v the_o flower_n of_o our_o youth_n to_o the_o devil_n god_n will_v be_v 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