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(5) [centered]

Perhaps Balaam was one of these
Characters – all t. [the] love he had was
of t. [the] wages of his rght^ss [righteousness].

Skill in teaching – interpreting S. S. [Signs of Spirit] –
Eye to look into things mysterious –
beyond the common reach –
Scholarship – learning, – Skill in
art – Science – metaphysics, none of
them prepare for heaven – or of
necess. [necessity] make heart good –
Some very great & learned have
been infidel ~

(How he can repeat scripture – knows all.)
As though men – deceive them – im-
pose on them – yet be cast away.