Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	life_n	love_n	love_v	2,826	5	6.6025	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30965	The speeches, discourses, and prayers, of Col. John Barkstead, Col. John Okey, and Mr. Miles Corbet, upon the 19th of April being the day of their suffering at Tyburn : together with an account of the occasion and manner of their taking in Holland : as also of their several occasional speeches, discourses, and letters, both before, and in the time of their late imprisonment : faithfully and impartially collected for a general satisfaction.; Selections. 1662	Barkstead, John, d. 1662.; Okey, John, d. 1662. Selections. 1662.; Corbet, Miles, d. 1662. Selections. 1662.	1662 (1662)	Wing B817; ESTC R22773	95,595	102

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thou_o be_v now_o correct_v we_o yet_o we_o have_v cause_n to_o love_v thou_o and_o bless_v thou_o o_o shed_v abroad_o thy_o love_n in_o our_o poor_a soul_n o_o lord_n we_o pray_v thou_o come_v and_o accept_v we_o and_o let_v our_o cry_n come_v and_o pierce_v the_o heaven_n o_o lord_n let_v we_o now_o be_v look_v for_o and_o hasten_v to_o the_o glorious_a appear_v of_o that_o bless_a hope_n our_o lord_n jesus_n christ._n he_o that_o shall_v come_v will_v come_v and_o will_v not_o tarry_v come_v quick_o lord._n o_o that_o thy_o servant_n can_v see_v thou_o as_o thy_o servant_n stephen_n in_o muchwhat_a such_o a_o condition_n as_o we_o be_v in_o he_o see_v jesus_n christ_n stand_v at_o thy_o right-hand_n though_o we_o can_v look_v upon_o thou_o with_o our_o bodily_a eye_n yet_o we_o desire_v to_o see_v thou_o with_o the_o eye_n of_o faith_n o_o we_o pray_v thou_o look_v down_o upon_o we_o and_o lord_n strengthen_v our_o faith_n and_o that_o our_o faith_n may_v not_o fail_v o_o let_v we_o 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that_o he_o have_v not_o leave_v i_o to_o the_o wickedness_n of_o my_o own_o heart_n as_o he_o have_v leave_v thousand_o that_o do_v live_v in_o pleasure_n and_o vanity_n and_o so_o be_v dead_a while_o they_o live_v now_o the_o good_a lord_n grant_v that_o as_o he_o have_v do_v for_o i_o more_o than_o he_o have_v do_v for_o many_o thousand_o so_o i_o may_v love_v he_o more_o than_o many_o thousand_o do_v that_o i_o may_v yet_o live_v and_o die_v for_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o holy_a name_n and_o that_o the_o few_o hour_n i_o have_v to_o live_v i_o may_v whole_o spend_v to_o the_o praise_n of_o god_n i_o humble_o desire_v to_o bless_v the_o lord_n that_o have_v make_v i_o willing_a to_o live_v or_o die_v as_o may_v be_v most_o for_o his_o glory_n and_o the_o good_a of_o his_o people_n for_o i_o can_v say_v through_o christ_n that_o strengthen_v i_o i_o can_v do_v all_o thing_n in_o some_o measure_n and_o have_v learned_a how_o to_o want_v and_o how_o to_o abound_v and_o can_v say_v to_o 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