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	power_n	prince_n	3,130	5	5.4817	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52055	Smectymnuus redivivus Being an answer to a book, entituled, An humble remonstrance. In which, the original of liturgy episcopacy is discussed, and quæries propounded concerning both. The parity of bishops and presbyters in scripture demonstrated. The occasion of the imparity in antiquity discovered. The disparity of the ancient and our moderne bishops manifested. The antiquity of ruling elders in the church vindicated. The prelaticall church bounded.	Smectymnuus.; Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655.; Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666.; Young, Thomas, 1587-1655.; Newcomen, Matthew, 1610?-1669.; Spurstowe, William, 1605?-1666.	1654 (1654)	Wing M784; ESTC R223740	77,642	91

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〈◊〉_d pag._n 23._o pag._n ●_o pag._n 2._o pag._n 3._o pag._n 6._o pag._n 2._o pag._n 7._o untruth_n remon_n pag._n 8._o malmsbury_n lib._n 4._o hist._n council_n trid._n pag._n 9_o liturgy_n pag._n 10._o 10._o ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la ma●orum_fw-la devoluta_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o sponsa_fw-la christi_fw-la ut_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la exempla_fw-la sectentur_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la celebranda_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la coelestia_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la lux_fw-la mutuetur_fw-la de_fw-la tenebris_fw-la &_o id_fw-la faciant_fw-la christiani_fw-la quod_fw-la antichristi_fw-la faciunt_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 74._o pag._n 13._o just._n mar._n apost_n 2._o tert._n ap._n ad_fw-la gen._n c._n 39_o just._n mar._n apost_n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d council_n laod._n can._n 18._o conc._n carth._n 3_o can._n 23._o anno_fw-la 397._o conc._n milev_n 2._o can._n 12._o an._n 416._o pag._n 10._o pag._n 11._o pag._n 18._o pag._n 11._o euseb._n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr con._n li._n 4._o cap._n 18._o pag._n 11._o pag._n 12._o pag._n 12._o pag._n 13._o d._n corbet_n m._n nevel_n pag._n 13._o pag._n 13._o abbot_n against_o church-forsakers_a ob●_n ans._n