Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	lord_n	see_v	time_n	3,269	5	3.4669	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78030	The sounding of the two last trumpets, the sixt and seventh or Meditations by way of paraphrase upon the 9th. 10th. and 11th. Chapters of the Revelation, as containing a prophecie of these last times. / Digested by Henry Burton during his banishment, and close imprisonment in the isle of Guernsey.	Burton, Henry, 1578-1648.	1641 (1641)	Wing B6172; Thomason E174_1; ESTC R6165	58,961	100

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that_o egyptian_a bondage_n wherein_o they_o have_v be_v so_o long_o so_o miserable_o captive_v nor_o let_v it_o seem_v strange_a that_o i_o match_n england_n taskmaster_n with_o those_o of_o egypt_n for_o by_o and_o by_o we_o shall_v find_v a_o spiritual_a egypt_n whereof_o that_o in_o england_n will_v hardly_o acquit_v itself_o from_o be_v apart_o or_o party_n at_o least_o if_o all_o circumstance_n be_v but_o well_o weigh_v and_o so_o we_o pass_v to_o the_o verse_n follow_v 7._o verse_n 7._o verse_n 7._o and_o when_o they_o shall_v have_v finish_v their_o testimony_n the_o beast_n that_o ascend_v out_o of_o the_o bottomless_a pit_n shall_v make_v war_n against_o they_o and_o shall_v overcome_v they_o and_o kill_v they_o etc._n etc._n here_o begin_v a_o battle_n wherein_o three_o circumstance_n