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to_o minister_v comfort_n to_o other_o be_v keep_v under_o exercise_n themselves_o 2_o cor._n 1.3_o 4_o 5._o this_o may_v teach_v saint_n to_o lay_v their_o account_n that_o they_o may_v be_v leave_v desolate_a and_o solitary_a in_o their_o trouble_n like_o owl_n and_o pelican_n psal_n 102.6_o 7._o that_o so_o they_o may_v make_v much_o use_n of_o christ_n who_o be_v a_o man_n of_o sorrow_n and_o acquaint_v with_o grief_n isai_n 53_o 3._o heb._n 4.15_o 5._o it_o be_v a_o great_a addition_n to_o saint_n trouble_n to_o miss_v sympathy_n from_o friend_n or_o any_o to_o give_v they_o so_o much_o ease_v and_o relief_n as_o impartial_o to_o weigh_v their_o condition_n for_o this_o be_v job_n great_a regret_n and_o this_o do_v waken_v all_o his_o other_o trouble_n on_o he_o that_o his_o grief_n be_v