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a_o quo_fw-la and_o ad_fw-la quem_fw-la we_o turn_v from_o something_o and_o we_o turn_v to_o something_o 1._o the_o terminus_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la we_o turn_v from_o something_o from_o sin_n act_v 8.22_o repent_v of_o thy_o wickedness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o thy_o wickedness_n and_o from_o dead_a work_n heb._n 6.1_o from_o satan_n satan_n be_v sometime_o make_v the_o term_n because_o the_o sinner_n fall_v to_o his_o share_n act_v 26.18_o to_o turn_v they_o from_o darkness_n to_o light_n and_o from_o the_o power_n of_o satan_n to_o god_n 2._o the_o terminus_fw-la ad_fw-la quem_fw-la be_v to_o god_n act_v 20.21_o to_o the_o truth_n 2_o tim._n 2.25_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d repentance_n to_o the_o acknowledgement_n of_o the_o truth_n to_o holiness_n and_o newness_n of_o life_n rom._n 6.4_o to_o life_n act_v 11.18_o then_o have_v god_n also_o to_o the_o gentile_n grant_v repentance_n unto_o life_n 2._o the_o kind_n of_o it_o there_o be_v a_o general_a repentance_n which_o consist_v in_o the_o put_n off_o the_o body_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o flesh_n col._n 2.11_o when_o a_o man_n renounce_v all_o sin_n and_o devote_v himself_o too_o god_n and_o there_o be_v a_o particular_a repentance_n for_o any_o provoke_a sin_n act_v 8.22_o repent_v and_o pray_v that_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a the_o thought_n of_o thy_o heart_n may_v be_v forgive_v thou_o again_o there_o be_v a_o repentance_n at_o our_o first_o conversion_n which_o be_v our_o pass_v from_o death_n to_o life_n or_o our_o entrance_n by_o the_o strait_a gate_n matth._n 7.14_o and_o there_o be_v a_o repentance_n afterward_o which_o belong_v to_o our_o walk_n in_o the_o narrow_a way_n for_o after_o conversion_n we_o need_v it_o still_o and_o not_o in_o our_o natural_a estate_n only_o it_o be_v not_o only_o necessary_a for_o a_o sinner_n yet_o unregenerate_a yet_o unreconciled_a to_o god_n without_o which_o he_o can_v expect_v any_o peace_n with_o god_n or_o benefit_n by_o the_o new_a 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divers_a from_o all_o people_n neither_o keep_v they_o the_o king_n law_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o for_o the_o king_n profit_n to_o suffer_v they_o thus_o whisperer_n make_v prince_n conceive_v a_o ill_a opinion_n of_o religious_a man_n but_o the_o devil_n will_v soar_v a_o high_a flight_n yet_o to_o divide_v between_o they_o and_o god_n and_o to_o disengage_v he_o from_o the_o protection_n of_o his_o people_n what_o else_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o all_o his_o temptation_n but_o most_o eminent_o this_o be_v the_o plot_n now_o in_o hand_n the_o israelite_n can_v not_o be_v overcome_v as_o long_o as_o god_n be_v with_o they_o and_o how_o shall_v they_o do_v to_o get_v away_o god_n from_o they_o god_n be_v not_o as_o the_o god_n of_o the_o heathen_n to_o be_v call_v out_o by_o sacrifice_n and_o enchantment_n as_o they_o use_v before_o they_o war_v against_o any_o people_n to_o endeavour_v by_o certain_a charm_n and_o rite_n to_o get_v away_o their_o tutelar_a god_n from_o they_o macrobius_n have_v a_o chapter_n de_fw-fr ritu_fw-la evocandi_fw-la deos_fw-la and_o if_o they_o conquer_v any_o country_n they_o ascribe_v it_o to_o the_o departure_n of_o their_o go_n excessere_fw-la omnes_fw-la adytis_fw-la arisque_fw-la relictis_fw-la dii_fw-la quibus_fw-la imperium_fw-la hoc_fw-la sto_fw-la balak_n according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o nation_n will_v try_v this_o but_o they_o be_v now_o to_o deal_v with_o the_o god_n of_o israel_n who_o can_v not_o be_v charm_v away_o from_o his_o people_n and_o though_o balaam_n be_v of_o great_a repute_n and_o esteem_v among_o that_o people_n and_o though_o it_o be_v misery_n enough_o to_o be_v blast_v with_o his_o curse_n and_o happiness_n enough_o to_o be_v bless_v by_o his_o mouth_n numb_a 22.6_o he_o who_o thou_o bless_v be_v bless_v and_o he_o who_o thou_o curse_v be_v curse_v indeed_o even_o as_o simon_n magus_n be_v esteem_v the_o great_a power_n of_o god_n act._n 8.10_o yet_o this_o will_v not_o take_v effect_n 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