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	time_n	world_n	2,761	5	4.2527	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63848	A letter to Mr Richard Baxter occasioned by several injurious reflexions of his upon a treatise entituled Justificatio Paulina. For the better information of his weake or credulous readers. By Thomas Tully D.D.	Tully, T. (Thomas), 1620-1676.	1675 (1675)	Wing T3245; ESTC R224067	20,161	42

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i_o from_o nothing_o but_o idle_a fancy_n of_o your_o own_o let_v the_o equal_a reader_n judge_v between_o we_o next_o that_o be_v now_o so_o well_o acquaint_v with_o you_o i_o intend_v no_o far_o reply_v to_o any_o thing_n your_o shall_v think_v fit_a to_o publish_v against_o i_o hereafter_o nor_o indeed_o to_o any_o other_o upon_o these_o controversy_n content_v myself_o to_o have_v deliver_v my_o judgement_n thus_o far_o wherein_o if_o you_o or_o any_o man_n remain_v unsatisfied_a you_o may_v for_o i_o enjoy_v your_o opinion_n in_o peace_n resolve_v to_o contend_v withno_fw-mi man_n for_o the_o small_a vulgar_a triumph_n of_o the_o last_o or_o loud_a word_n yet_o not_o despair_v but_o god_n in_o his_o time_n will_v infuse_v courage_n into_o man_n of_o far_o more_o ability_n than_o myself_o to_o defend_v his_o cause_n so_o wish_v you_o all_o the_o happiness_n temporal_a and_o eternal_a i_o do_v to_o myself_o i_o bid_v you_o farewell_o from_o my_o country-habitation_n jun._n 18._o prov._n 9_o 8._o 9_o rebuke_v a_o wise_a man_n and_o he_o will_v love_v thou_o give_v instruction_n to_o a_o wise_a man_n and_o he_o will_v be_v yet_o wise_a finis_fw-la errata_fw-la pag._n 12._o lin_v 10._o read_v effect_n pag._n 14._o lin_v 6._o read_v wriggle_v pag_n 29._o lin_v 17._o read_v scholar_n pag._n 27._o lin_v ult_n read_v import_v