Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	text_n	zeal_n	zealous_a	14	3	9.9861	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29533	Two treatises both lately delivered to the Church of God at Great Yarmouth, and now published as useful and seasonable by John Brinsley ...	Brinsley, John, 1600-1665.	1656 (1656)	Wing B4736; ESTC R36519	171,517	320

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minister_n emblem_n they_o be_v all_o pure_a and_o such_o all_o the_o minister_n of_o christ_n shall_v labour_v to_o be_v pure_a the_o priest_n under_o the_o law_n must_v not_o have_v a_o blemish_n levit._n 22._o pattern_n of_o purity_n this_o be_v one_o thing_n wherein_o paul_n will_v have_v timothy_n to_o be_v a_o pattern_n in_o that_o place_n forename_a 1_o tim._n 4._o 12._o be_v thou_o a_o example_n of_o the_o believer_n but_o wherein_o why_o among_o other_o thing_n in_o purity_n and_o again_o chap._n 5._o 22._o keep_v thyself_o pure_a and_o herein_o shall_v all_o the_o minister_n of_o christ_n be_v exemplary_a to_o other_o in_o purity_n of_o conversation_n keep_v themselves_o unspotted_a of_o the_o world_n free_a from_o the_o evil_n of_o the_o time_n and_o place_n wherein_o they_o live_v that_o their_o life_n be_v not_o spot_v with_o any_o scandalous_a crime_n which_o if_o they_o be_v they_o will_v be_v like_o those_o spot_n in_o the_o moon_n obvious_a to_o every_o eye_n and_o 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