Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	wit_n	work_n	work_v	175	4	6.6114	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95730	Scriptures opened and sundry cases of conscience resolved, in plain and practical answers to several questions, upon the proverbs of Solomon, Ecclesiastes, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel / by that faithful servant of Jesus Christ, William Thomas ...	Thomas, William, 1593-1667.	1675 (1675)	Wing T990; ESTC R42854	160,919	408

ease_n and_o prosperity_n zach._n 1._o 11._o psal_n 73._o 10._o hab._n 1._o 13._o propitious_a and_o prosperous_a providence_n be_v a_o quickener_n 2_o chron._n 17._o 5_o 6._o penal_a and_o deject_v providence_n be_v a_o dead_a isa_n 64._o 7._o psal_n 137._o 4._o now_o hereby_o god_n may_v be_v say_v in_o a_o sort_n to_o cause_v to_o err_v not_o that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o any_o sin_n which_o it_o be_v horrible_a to_o imagine_v but_o because_o god_n be_v the_o orderer_n of_o such_o providence_n as_o whereupon_o through_o man_n weakness_n and_o corruption_n sin_n and_o wander_a from_o the_o right_a way_n ensue_v hence_o david_n say_v that_o they_o that_o drive_v he_o from_o the_o inheritance_n of_o the_o lord_n say_v go_v serve_v other_o god_n 1_o sam._n 26._o 19_o not_o that_o they_o say_v so_o but_o expel_v he_o from_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n and_o force_v he_o to_o fly_v for_o his_o life_n among_o idolater_n amount_v to_o that_o because_o of_o the_o great_a temptation_n there_o be_v in_o it_o see_v deut._n 28._o 64._o but_o beside_o that_o err_a and_o harden_v may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v of_o god_n in_o these_o respect_n which_o be_v common_a to_o wicked_a man_n there_o be_v some_o respect_n wherein_o this_o complain_n and_o humble_a cast_v of_o these_o thing_n in_o a_o sort_n upon_o god_n be_v proper_a to_o the_o child_n of_o god_n who_o be_v embolden_v to_o do_v it_o 1._o in_o regard_n of_o god_n covenant_n in_o reference_n whereto_o it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o they_o err_v not_o only_a when_o god_n can_v hinder_v it_o but_o when_o he_o have_v bind_v himself_o to_o hinder_v it_o isa_n 30._o 21._o ezek._n 36._o 27._o since_o therefore_o he_o have_v promise_v to_o make_v they_o go_v in_o the_o path_n of_o his_o commandment_n he_o be_v humble_o question_v by_o his_o err_a and_o grieve_v servant_n as_o if_o he_o make_v they_o go_v out_o for_o how_o can_v they_o go_v out_o if_o he_o cause_v they_o and_o make_v they_o to_o go_v in_o psal_n 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gospel-manifestations_a mat._n 13._o 16_o 17._o and_o yet_o they_o be_v the_o worst_a to_o wit_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o rage_n of_o satan_n and_o wicked_a man_n rev._n 2._o 10._o rev._n 12._o 12._o john_n 16._o 2._o 7._o when_o time_n be_v at_o the_o worst_a if_o thou_o question_v the_o cause_n do_v not_o question_v it_o with_o indignation_n as_o if_o the_o world_n be_v ungoverned_a or_o thy_o mind_n be_v to_o put_v in_o interrogatory_n against_o the_o great_a governor_n thereof_o job_n 3_o 4._o 7_o 8._o but_o do_v it_o for_o information_n and_o then_o if_o thou_o inquire_v wise_o thou_o will_v find_v the_o cause_n of_o worse_a time_n to_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o time_n jer._n 30._o 14_o 15._o mic._n 3._o 5._o turn_v therefore_o thy_o questioning_n and_o quarrelling_n with_o the_o time_n unto_o a_o examine_n of_o this_o be_v a_o wise_a enquiry_n mica_n 6._o 9_o 10_o etc._n etc._n a_o mourning_n for_o and_o a_o reform_v of_o as_o far_o as_o thy_o power_n reach_v those_o evil_n 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