Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	holy_a	scripture_n	word_n	2,805	5	4.1192	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42424	The conversion of Philip Corwine, a Franciscan fryar, to the reformation of the Protestant religion, anno 1589 formerly written by John Garvey, sometime Primate of all Ireland ; being a copy of the original remaining amongst James Usher, late Primate of the same, his papers, and now entered amongst Sir James Ware's manuscripts ; published for the good of the Protestant Church of England by R.W., Gent.	Garvey, John, 1527-1595.; Ware, Robert, d. 1696.	1681 (1681)	Wing G278; ESTC R37392	10,115	19

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