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Rh people, having become transgressors, shall be bound by the chains of their own sins. But the breaking of the bonds of their own accord indicates that, upon repentance, they shall be again loosed from the shackles of sin.

It is not an easy thing for a soul, under the influence of error, to be persuaded of the contrary opinion.

"And Balaam the son of Beor they slew with the sword." For, speaking no longer by the Spirit of God, but setting up another law of fornication contrary to the law of God, this man shall no longer be reckoned as a prophet, but as a soothsayer. For, as he did not continue in the commandment of God, he received the just reward of his evil devices.

"The god of the world;" that is, Satan, who was designated God to those who believe not.

The birth of John [the Baptist] brought the dumbness of Zacharias to an end. For he did not burden his father, when