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a_o mind_n full_o charge_v with_o sorrow_n have_v no_o room_n for_o comfort_n be_v not_o at_o leisure_n for_o counsel_n it_o be_v a_o profitable_a rule_n in_o visit_v friend_n that_o be_v sick_a or_o in_o distress_n when_o you_o see_v they_o in_o extremity_n of_o pain_n of_o body_n or_o in_o extremity_n of_o anguish_n and_o trouble_n of_o spirit_n keep_v silence_n wait_v a_o while_n let_v the_o water_n assuage_v a_o little_a and_o the_o wind_n fall_v before_o you_o meddle_v let_v they_o come_v to_o themselves_o before_o you_o move_v they_o 37._o as_o sudden_a anger_n so_o sudden_a sorrow_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o frenzy_n no_o wise_a physician_n will_v give_v a_o medicine_n in_o a_o fit_a the_o body_n must_v settle_v before_o it_o be_v fit_a for_o physic_n and_o so_o must_v the_o mind_n too_o silence_n be_v as_o good_a as_o physic_n in_o some_o distemper_n both_o of_o mind_n and_o body_n a_o talkative_a comforter_n be_v another_o disease_n to_o a_o sick_a man_n vulnerat_fw-la 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either_o thought_n that_o the_o beholder_n will_v faint_v to_o see_v he_o and_o therefore_o say_v look_v away_o from_o i_o or_o that_o see_v he_o they_o will_v say_v he_o faint_v and_o so_o will_v be_v give_v he_o comfort_n that_o therefore_o his_o sorrow_n may_v have_v full_a scope_n he_o say_v look_v away_o from_o i_o i_o will_v weep_v bitter_o labour_v not_o to_o comfort_v i_o when_o a_o man_n be_v resolve_v to_o mourn_v let_v he_o mourn_v your_o advice_n may_v anger_v he_o but_o it_o will_v not_o help_v he_o let_v sorrow_n have_v its_o way_n a_o while_n and_o that_o will_v make_v way_n for_o comfort_n we_o have_v thus_o far_o carry_v on_o the_o sad_a story_n of_o job_n visitation_n his_o grief_n be_v now_o come_v to_o the_o height_n it_o be_v very_o great_a we_o have_v also_o see_v his_o friend_n visit_v with_o a_o double_a intendment_n both_o to_o mourn_v with_o he_o and_o to_o comfort_v he_o we_o have_v see_v they_o mourning_n they_o full_o reach_v that_o end_n we_o leave_v 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and_o as_o the_o enmity_n of_o the_o serpent_n be_v man_n scourge_n so_o also_o be_v the_o barrenness_n of_o the_o earth_n that_o barrenness_n in_o bring_v forth_o good_a fruit_n that_o fertility_n in_o bring_v forth_o briar_n and_o thorn_n be_v both_o as_o rod_n for_o the_o back_n of_o man_n three_o the_o irrational_a or_o senseless_a creature_n be_v curse_v in_o reference_n to_o that_o which_o man_n suffer_v thus_o david_n curse_v the_o mountain_n of_o gilboa_n 2_o sam._n 1.21_o because_o there_o saul_n and_o his_o belove_a jonathan_n be_v slay_v by_o the_o sword_n of_o the_o philistine_n because_o there_o the_o shield_n of_o the_o mighty_a be_v vile_o cast_v away_o the_o sword_n of_o saul_n as_o if_o he_o have_v not_o be_v anoint_v with_o oil_n in_o this_o sense_n as_o david_n curse_v a_o place_n so_o job_n curse_v a_o time_n his_o day_n the_o day_n which_o either_o give_v occaâ—ion_n to_o his_o suffering_n or_o the_o day_n in_o which_o he_o actual_o suffer_v such_o a_o world_n of_o 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