Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	wish_v	word_n	worthy_a	14	3	5.8424	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19065	Christian offices crystall glasse In three bookes. First written in Latine, by that famous and renowned Father, Saint Ambrose Bishop of Millane. Whereunto is added his conuiction of Symmachus the Gentile. A worke tending to the advancement of vertue, and of holinesse: and to shew how much the morality of the Gentiles, is exceeded by the doctrine of Christianity. Translated into English by Richard Humfrey ...; De officiis. English	Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, d. 397.; Humfrey, Richard.	1637 (1637)	STC 548; ESTC S100171	335,831	469

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extol_v and_o exalt_v himself_o with_o a_o feign_a affectation_n of_o some_o great_a learning_n or_o of_o humility_n or_o mercy_n and_o to_o obscure_v and_o weaken_v his_o merit_n let_v he_o understand_v that_o he_o err_v be_v puff_v up_o because_o this_o be_v the_o rule_n of_o truth_n that_o thou_o do_v nothing_o for_o thou_o own_o credit_n to_o diminish_v another_o man_n neither_o if_o thou_o have_v aught_o deserve_v praise_n that_o thou_o vent_v it_o to_o the_o defamation_n of_o another_o defend_v vlysse_n defend_v non_fw-la defendas_fw-la improbum_fw-la &_o sancta_fw-la indigno_fw-la commitenda_fw-la arbitreris_fw-la where_fw-mi et_fw-la be_v a_o causal_n for_o etiam_fw-la quorum_fw-la iphitus_n aevo_fw-la jam_fw-la gravior_n pelias_o &_o vulnere_fw-la tardus_fw-la vlysse_n not_o a_o evil_a man_n yet_o think_v withal_o that_o holy_a thing_n may_v be_v commit_v to_o a_o unholy_a and_o unworthy_a person_n 15.12_o person_n a_o unworthy_a person_n may_v preach_v the_o word_n or_o 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