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it_o be_v most_o likely_a very_o impatient_a of_o the_o remedy_n and_o it_o will_v be_v a_o trouble_n to_o he_o but_o to_o read_v that_o which_o will_v quiet_v he_o meditate_v therefore_o serious_o of_o what_o have_v be_v say_v say_v a_o recapitulation_n of_o the_o chief_a thing_n that_o have_v be_v say_v think_v that_o you_o be_v not_o loser_n by_o your_o friend_n gain_n and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n to_o be_v sorrowful_a when_o they_o be_v fill_v with_o joy_n we_o love_v ourselves_o indeed_o better_a than_o we_o do_v they_o and_o be_v trouble_v at_o our_o own_o loss_n not_o at_o they_o but_o then_o if_o the_o loss_n be_v our_o own_o we_o can_v tell_v better_o how_o to_o repair_v it_o that_o be_v our_o comfort_n that_o it_o be_v in_o our_o own_o hand_n to_o ease_v ourselves_o if_o we_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o our_o own_o trouble_n consider_v often_o that_o it_o be_v as_o natural_a to_o die_v as_o it_o be_v to_o be_v bear_v that_o god_n give_v we_o every_o thing_n upon_o this_o condition_n that_o we_o shall_v be_v content_a to_o give_v it_o up_o again_o when_o be_v please_v to_o call_v for_o it_o that_o god_n be_v a_o love_a father_n and_o do_v every_o thing_n for_o the_o best_a that_o he_o will_v have_v we_o love_v he_o more_o when_o he_o leave_v we_o nothing_o else_o to_o love_v that_o nothing_o can_v be_v sad_a which_o by_o his_o grace_n and_o our_o care_n may_v be_v turn_v into_o joy_n that_o we_o ought_v to_o turn_v our_o sorrow_n into_o care_n lest_o there_o be_v something_o worse_o to_o sorrow_n for_o even_o the_o sin_n of_o out_o immoderate_a sorrow_n that_o we_o ought_v to_o live_v so_o that_o we_o may_v