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	sin_n	word_n	2,342	5	4.0019	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66985	A sermon preach'd January XXX. 1684/5 being the fast for the martyrdom of King Charles I of blessed memory / Benjamin Woodroffe ...	Woodroffe, Benjamin, 1638-1711.	1685 (1685)	Wing W3469; ESTC R10607	19,085	44

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