Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	salvation_n	save_v	work_n	2,395	5	6.3579	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11789	The high-waies of God and the King Wherein all men ought to vvalke in holinesse here, to happinesse hereafter. Deliuered in tvvo sermons preached at Thetford in Norfolke, anno 1620. By Thomas Scot Batchelor in Diuinity.	Scott, Thomas, 1580?-1626.	1623 (1623)	STC 22079; ESTC S116969	53,883	90

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this_o they_o err_v that_o they_o make_v it_o that_o be_v the_o charity_n of_o man_n to_o be_v the_o cause_n which_o move_v god_n to_o save_v we_o nay_o which_o deserve_v and_o merit_v salvation_n of_o god_n and_o this_o charity_n they_o teach_v so_o to_o depend_v upon_o freewill_n as_o thereby_o they_o exalt_v the_o nature_n of_o man_n conceal_v his_o fall_n and_o make_v the_o decree_n of_o god_n to_o be_v ground_v upon_o the_o mutable_a and_o unconstant_a will_n of_o man_n we_o on_o the_o other_o side_n teach_v that_o our_o salvation_n whole_o proceed_v from_o the_o charity_n and_o love_n of_o god_n and_o that_o all_o mean_n conduce_v to_o that_o end_n rise_v from_o the_o same_o fountain_n of_o love_n and_o so_o our_o charity_n as_o a_o effect_n of_o that_o charity_n of_o god_n to_o we_o serve_v not_o as_o a_o cause_n move_v god_n to_o save_v but_o follow_v as_o a_o cause_n declare_v who_o god_n will_v save_v and_o that_o our_o charity_n as_o it_o be_v a_o fruit_n and_o effect_n of_o 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