Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	heart_n	let_v	lord_n	3,181	5	4.0879	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08819	A godly sermon preached at Detford in Kent, on Monday the ix. of Iune, in Anno. 1572.	Pagit, Eusebius, 1547?-1617.	1586 (1586)	STC 19105; ESTC S105805	17,687	50

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