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breaker_n of_o god_n law_n for_o we_o ought_v to_o pray_v for_o our_o enemy_n but_o all_o this_o kind_n of_o passionate_a curse_v do_v not_o make_v a_o enchanter_n or_o witch_n but_o that_o blessing_n or_o curse_v that_o make_v a_o enchanter_n or_o witch_n or_o be_v of_o the_o essence_n of_o a_o enchanter_n be_v the_o profess_a craft_n of_o compose_v blessing_n and_o curse_n whereby_o they_o draw_v the_o people_n a_o whore_v after_o they_o make_v they_o believe_v that_o by_o virtue_n of_o charm_n whosoever_o they_o bless_v be_v bless_v and_o who_o they_o curse_v be_v accurse_v as_o balak_n and_o his_o prince_n be_v train_v up_o in_o that_o kind_n of_o idolatry_n thought_n and_o say_v of_o balaam_n and_o have_v balaam_n answer_v they_o according_a to_o their_o expectation_n he_o have_v be_v a_o enchanter_n or_o witch_n or_o false_a prophet_n this_o description_n of_o a_o charmer_n as_o also_o all_o the_o nine_o term_n of_o description_n of_o a_o witch_n in_o the_o text_n be_v only_a 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hide_v be_v the_o second_o description_n but_o to_o use_v any_o composure_n of_o divine_a word_n thereby_o to_o cause_v any_o thing_n to_o come_v to_o pass_v as_o balak_n think_v balaam_n can_v do_v and_o as_o ahab_n think_v micaiah_n can_v do_v be_v incantation_n or_o enchant_v here_o here_o may_v arise_v another_o question_n whether_o be_v balaam_n a_o witch_n or_o not_o as_o some_o have_v suppose_v answ_n if_o he_o be_v a_o witch_n it_o must_v be_v according_a to_o some_o one_o term_n of_o description_n in_o deut._n 18.10_o 11._o but_o which_o of_o these_o can_v we_o call_v he_o enchanter_n he_o be_v none_o for_o he_o refuse_v to_o do_v it_o although_o he_o be_v offer_v a_o reward_n sure_o balaam_n be_v a_o prophet_n of_o god_n who_o balak_n think_v can_v bring_v thing_n to_o pass_v by_o his_o own_o power_n he_o not_o discern_v the_o power_n of_o god_n all_o that_o we_o read_v of_o he_o in_o utter_v of_o his_o parable_n be_v to_o this_o end_n that_o israel_n be_v bless_v and_o 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say_v if_o it_o displease_v thou_o i_o will_v return_v home_o again_o and_o vers_fw-la 35._o the_o angel_n say_v go_v with_o the_o man_n what_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o this_o go_v not_o and_o yet_o go_v so_o often_o repeat_v that_o be_v go_v not_o according_a to_o the_o hire_n and_o request_n of_o balak_n to_o play_v the_o enchanter_n but_o go_v to_o do_v the_o work_n of_o a_o prophet_n to_o show_v the_o vanity_n of_o balak_n his_o thought_n who_o think_v that_o word_n can_v prevail_v either_o to_o bless_v or_o to_o curse_v without_o warrant_n from_o god_n and_o so_o balaam_n as_o a_o prophet_n obey_v the_o lord_n and_o do_v as_o the_o lord_n command_v he_o as_o appear_z in_o all_o the_o history_n but_o yet_o it_o appear_v revel_v 2.14_o he_o teach_v balak_n to_o lay_v a_o stumbling-block_n before_o the_o people_n be_v that_o the_o part_n of_o a_o prophet_n yea_o according_a to_o the_o forenamed_a seem_a contradiction_n it_o be_v and_o it_o be_v not_o for_o in_o the_o truth_n of_o 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blessed_v be_v to_o keep_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n and_o from_o vers_n 15._o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o chapter_n the_o only_a way_n to_o be_v accurse_v be_v to_o disobey_v god_n and_o break_v his_o commandment_n and_o whereas_o balaam_n be_v blame_v and_o afterward_o slay_v for_o teach_v this_o doctrine_n so_o plain_a to_o balak_n who_o abuse_v it_o to_o ensnare_v israel_n yet_o god_n have_v teach_v we_o the_o same_o doctrine_n that_o we_o may_v know_v with_o israel_n and_o by_o israel_n example_n that_o nothing_o can_v hurt_v we_o but_o sin_n so_o we_o may_v conclude_v of_o balaam_n that_o he_o be_v a_o prophet_n and_o yet_o act_v the_o part_n of_o a_o prophet_n and_o a_o witch_n both_o at_o once_o at_o least_o a_o prophet_n in_o that_o his_o doctrine_n be_v true_a a_o witch_n in_o that_o he_o teach_v balak_n to_o play_v the_o witch_n that_o be_v to_o draw_v the_o people_n to_o idolatry_n according_a to_o the_o first_o description_n which_o be_v the_o very_a essence_n of_o witchcraft_n and_o although_o god_n will_v have_v this_o thing_n come_v to_o pass_v for_o our_o instruction_n yet_o this_o be_v the_o error_n of_o balaam_n that_o he_o have_v lay_v open_a to_o balak_n the_o way_n to_o bewitch_v he_o people_n and_o in_o this_o only_o he_o transgress_v he_o do_v that_o which_o god_n have_v not_o command_v he_o as_o some_o other_o prophet_n do_v beside_o he_o 1_o king_n 13.18_o 19_o 22._o to_o this_o six_o description_n of_o a_o witch_n in_o the_o text_n be_v refer_v that_o place_n in_o jerem._n 23.10_o so_o common_o false_o interpret_v as_o false_o translate_v because_o of_o oath_n the_o land_n mourn_v as_o if_o it_o be_v mean_v of_o common_a swear_v which_o although_o swear_v be_v a_o wicked_a thing_n yet_o what_o room_n be_v there_o in_o that_o place_n for_o swear_v unless_o you_o will_v bring_v it_o in_o abrupt_o by_o head_n and_o shoulder_n what_o coherence_n be_v there_o tremelius_fw-la ttanslate_v it_o thus_o the_o land_n be_v full_a of_o 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