CONVERTERE. Every one knows, that the literal signification of this word denotes changing, Thou hast turned my tears into joy. Turn ye not unto Idols: Ad idola Lev. xix. 4.nolite converti. God converted the heart of the King of the Assyrians. Turn us, O Lord, and we shall be turned, &c. These are ways of speaking in use even among ourselves. But Converti is often taken in Scripture for returning from the Babylonish Captivity. When the Ps. cxxvi. 1. Jer. xxiii. 3. Jer. xxxii. 44.Lord hath turned the Captivity of Sion; when he hath delivered his People from Captivity. I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds: Et convertam eos ad rura sua. And elsewhere, Convertam captivitatem eorum, &c.
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