Sentence:  In like manner do false teachers commence their discourses, by taking care to avoid a strait line of simple truthl they run a little waya, pretending that the divine Being is all love and grace to mankind, is the same yesterday, to-day and forever, that the most entire confidence may be safely placed in his wisdom, power, and goodness; but immediately they <WSD>take a turn</WSD> and represent him as capable of having his mind so changed, as to burn with implacable vengeance toward those who do not conform to their doctrine. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Change in direction, tone, or tendency.