Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	harden_v	heart_n	pharaoh_n	2,001	5	11.6391	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43566	A sermon preached at Market Harborow in the county of Leicester, on the 17th day of February, 1684/85 being the day on which our Sovereign Lord James II was there proclaimed king, &c. / by Thomas Heyricke.	Heyrick, Thomas, d. 1694.	1685 (1685)	Wing H1755; ESTC R10744	14,600	41

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