Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	king_n	people_n	power_n	4,914	5	5.4287	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90720	Sectaries vnmasked and confuted. By the treating upon divers points of doctrine in debate betwixt the Presbyterialists and sectarists, Anabaptists, Independents, and Papists. / By George Palmer wel-wisher to a warrantable uniformity in godly religious exercises.	Palmer, George, b. 1596 or 7.	1647 (1647)	Wing P229; Thomason E396_27; ESTC R201662	58,190	61

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the_o fill_n of_o many_o purse_n and_o therefore_o methinks_v i_o hear_v their_o owner_n cry_v out_o against_o i_o but_o if_o this_o be_v amend_v i_o hope_v many_o that_o will_v have_v now_o no_o civil_a magistrate_n will_v then_o easy_o conclude_v with_o the_o apostle_n st._n paul_n and_o yield_v obedience_n to_o principality_n and_o power_n as_o in_o tit._n 3._o 1._o and_o rom._n 13._o 1_o 2._o and_o if_o they_o will_v not_o be_v a_o terror_n to_o good_a work_n but_o to_o the_o evil_a worker_n and_o will_v be_v protector_n of_o those_o that_o do_v well_o than_o i_o hope_v many_o will_v obey_v for_o conscience_n sake_n as_o in_o ver._n 3_o 4_o 5._o o_o that_o all_o have_v heart_n to_o say_v with_o i_o this_o truth_n amen_n the_o next_o point_n that_o hinder_v we_o and_o the_o independent_n ●●c_fw-la and_o divers_a sectary_n from_o join_v in_o a_o uniformity_n in_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n be_v the_o image_n picture_n yea_o and_o the_o monument_n of_o idolatry_n because_o 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