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	word_n	2,949	5	3.7576	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80064	Colchesters teares: affecting and afflicting city and country; dropping from the sad face of a new warr, threatning to bury in her own ashes that wofull tovvn. Faithfully collected, drawn out into a moderate relation and debate, humbly presented to all free-born Englishmen; by severall persons of quality. Who much doubted and desired to see the truth in the mist of various relations obscuring the same, but now convinced by their own eyes, doe conceive themselves bound to give out this brief narrative, to satisfie all unprepossessed civil and moderate men, and good Christians, who truly love Jesus Christ, their King, city, and countrey, and sincerely desire the settlement of peace and truth.		1648 (1648)	Wing C5018; Thomason E455_16; ESTC R205022	14,009	16

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who_o hand_n be_v so_o fill_v with_o cruelty_n to_o other_o for_o god_n know_v the_o worst_a we_o wish_v to_o those_o that_o be_v our_o adversary_n if_o not_o implacable_a foe_n to_o jesus_n christ_n be_v that_o god_n will_v change_v their_o mind_n humble_a their_o heart_n and_o save_v their_o soul_n from_o the_o certain_a issue_n of_o this_o their_o rage_n wrath_n to_o come_v the_o lord_n also_o bring_v the_o heart_n of_o that_o people_n in_o and_o about_o the_o town_n to_o a_o true_a sight_n of_o the_o cause_n wherefore_o this_o great_a wrath_n be_v come_v upon_o they_o we_o judge_v not_o but_o remember_v 2_o chr._n 36.16_o that_o amid_o the_o many_o other_o provocation_n that_o the_o immediate_a cause_n of_o jerusalem_n