Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	let_v	lord_n	people_n	2,688	5	4.8821	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62877	True old light exalted above pretended new light, or, Treatise of Jesus Christ as He is the light which enlightens every one that comes into the world : against the sense both of the Quakers, Arminians, and other assertors of universal grace, whose light is proved to be darkness / delivered in nine sermons, by John Tombes, B.D., and commended to publick view by Mr. Richard Baxter.	Tombes, John, 1603?-1676.	1660 (1660)	Wing T1824; ESTC R21431	110,239	95

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therefore_o also_o the_o consequent_a if_o it_o be_v say_v that_o act_n 14._o 17._o it_o be_v say_v nevertheless_o he_o leave_v not_o himself_o without_o witness_n in_o that_o he_o do_v good_a and_o give_v we_o rain_n from_o heaven_n and_o fruitful_a season_n fill_v our_o heart_n with_o food_n and_o gladness_n and_o act_n 17._o 25._o that_o he_o give_v to_o all_o life_n and_o breath_n and_o all_o thing_n that_o he_o make_v all_o nation_n of_o one_o blood_n for_o to_o dwell_v on_o all_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o have_v deterwine_v the_o time_n before_o appoint_v and_o the_o bound_n of_o their_o habitation_n that_o they_o shall_v seek_v the_o lord_n if_o happy_o they_o may_v seek_v after_o he_o though_o he_o be_v not_o far_o from_o every_o one_o of_o we_o v_o 26._o 27._o it_o be_v grant_v but_o it_o be_v deny_v that_o the_o thing_n witness_v thereby_o be_v that_o gracious_a and_o good_a affection_n which_o he_o bear_v unto_o the_o world_n through_o jesus_n christ_n his_o 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