 | 1841 - 456 pages
...incantations. The most remarkable of these texts is that of the 58th Psalm, where the wicked are compared to " the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear ; which will not hearken to the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely ;" and that of the eighth chapter of Jeremiah, " I will send... | |
 | 1842 - 514 pages
...Psalm Iviii. 5, 0, the wicked are thus described : " Their poison is like the poison of a serpent ; they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely." It is said, that some adders have been observed, when it has been attempted... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 514 pages
...pains, and employ peculiar means to avoid it. David says, "the wicked are estranged from the womb ; they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear, which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely." God complains of his ancient people, that when he gave them his commands,... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 pages
...adopt good principles, in obstinately refusing to hear when God calls them by his word and ministers, "they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely." They will not be persuaded to do no harm. They are resolved not to lay aside... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 520 pages
...neither reason nor be reasoned with, when false zeal has taken the entire possession of their minds. " They are like the deaf adder, that stoppeth her ear...; which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely." 4. Those whom a false zeal has united together in a bad cause, are extremely... | |
 | 1842 - 332 pages
...find in Scripture of this kind of ungodliness — " Their poison is like the poison of a serpent ; they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear, which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely." Such then, and so dangerous, being the condition in which we are placed,... | |
 | Robert Haldane - 1842 - 520 pages
...unless he was a sinful creature and an enemy to God, would be sufficient. He is, as the Psalmist says, " Like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear ; which will not hearken to the voice of the charmers, charming never so wisely." If, again, it be inquired whether men can resist the calling... | |
 | James Ewing Cooley - 1843 - 668 pages
...which fact the Bible bears incontestable evidence : " Their poison is like the poison of a serpent : they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely."* Again : " Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment."f And, " Behold,... | |
 | Popular history - 1843 - 434 pages
...they shall bite you, saith the Lord," Jer. viii. 17. " Their poison is like the poison of a serpent : they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear...; which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely," Psa. Iviii. 4, 5. The charming or incantation of Serpents is so singular,... | |
 | 1843 - 488 pages
...saith the Lord," Jer. viii. 17. And the Psalmist says, " Their poison is like the poison of a serpent : they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear...; which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely," Psa. Iviii. 4, 5. The charming or incantation of serpents is so singular,... | |
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Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. 
