Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	know_v	lord_n	people_n	2,617	5	4.7305	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13295	A reply to a pretended Christian plea for the anti-Chistian [sic] Church of Rome: published by Mr. Francis Iohnson a⁰. 1617 Wherin the weakness of the sayd plea is manifested, and arguments alleaged for the Church of Rome, and baptisme therein, are refuted; by Henry Ainsworth. Anno 1618.	Ainsworth, Henry, 1571-1622?	1620 (1620)	STC 236; ESTC S122155	171,683	191

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away_o that_o thou_o may_v be_v free_a and_o have_v power_n over_o thy_o own_o soul_n to_o go_v away_o to_o be_v marry_v to_o any_o man_n who_o thou_o will_v &c._n &c._n six_o it_o be_v testify_v by_o the_o apostle_n write_v to_o the_o israelite_n the_o stranger_n scatter_v throughout_o pontus_n galatia_n &c_n &c_n 1_o pet._n 1._o 1._o and_o say_v to_o they_o which_o in_o time_n past_o be_v not_o a_o people_n but_o be_v now_o the_o people_n of_o god_n which_o have_v not_o obtain_v mercy_n but_o now_o have_v obtain_v mercy_n 1_o pet._n 2._o 10._o whereby_o it_o be_v evident_o prove_v that_o their_o divorce_n be_v from_o the_o lord_n and_o from_o be_v his_o people_n or_o partaker_n of_o his_o mercy_n in_o