Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	trouble_n	zeal_n	zealous_a	17	3	8.7572	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62128	XXXVI sermons viz. XVI ad aulam, VI ad clerum, VI ad magistratum, VIII ad populum : with a large preface / by the right reverend father in God, Robert Sanderson, late lord bishop of Lincoln ; whereunto is now added the life of the reverend and learned author, written by Isaac Walton.	Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663.; Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683.	1686 (1686)	Wing S638; ESTC R31805	1,064,866	813

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footstep_n be_v not_o know_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d soon_o may_v we_o lose_v ourselves_o in_o the_o search_n but_o never_o find_v they_o out_o yet_o even_o there_o where_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n be_v like_o a_o great_a deep_a unfathomable_a by_o any_o finite_a understanding_n his_o righteousness_n yet_o stand_v like_o the_o high_a mountain_n as_o it_o be_v in_o 6._o psal._n 36._o visible_a to_o every_o eye_n if_o any_o of_o we_o shall_v search_v well_o into_o his_o own_o heart_n and_o weigh_v his_o own_o carriage_n and_o deserve_n if_o he_o shall_v not_o then_o find_v enough_o in_o himself_o to_o justify_v god_n in_o all_o his_o proceed_n i_o forbid_v he_o not_o to_o say_v which_o yet_o i_o tremble_v but_o to_o rehearse_v that_o god_n be_v unrighteous_a 9_o the_o holy_a saint_n of_o god_n therefore_o have_v ever_o acquit_v he_o by_o condemn_v themselves_o the_o prophet_n jeremy_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o himself_o and_o the_o whole_a church_n 18._o of_o god_n the_o lord_n 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