 | Mary Fawler Maude - 1848 - 412 pages
...woman, and between thy seed and her seed ; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. PSALM Iviii. 4, 5. " They are like the deaf adder...ear, which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely." PROVERBS xxiii. 32. " At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1848 - 690 pages
...have much ado to hear well as we ought. We are naturally dull of hearing the Lord's word, Isa. lviii. 4, 5. ' They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear, which will not hearken to the voice of the charmer, charming never so wisely.' And oft-times there is a locked door between him and us. Hence... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Ells - 1778 - 392 pages
...incantations . The most remarkable of thsse texts, is that of the 58th Ps. where the wicked are compared to " the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear, which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely ;" ;md that of the 8th chap, of Jeremiah : " I will send serpents and cockatrices... | |
 | Peter Jones (fict.name.) - 1848 - 228 pages
...times have followed their dangerous craft; although occasionally they also meet with stubborn reptiles, "like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear ; which will not hearken to the voice of the charmer, though he charm never so wisely !" Peter Jones now pondered on this subject of SERPENT... | |
 | James Foote - 1849 - 698 pages
...hear not what the Lord says to them in his Word, or what the wise address to them for their good; " they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear, which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming ever so wisely." Was he dumb ?—though they speak fluently and keenly of the world, and the... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1850 - 570 pages
...shuts their eyes. To this God, who knows them better than they know themselves, ascribes it. He says, " They are like the deaf adder, that stoppeth her ear...; which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely." The truth of this declaration is confirmed by observation and experience.... | |
 | Frederick Crowe - 1850 - 652 pages
...sheep's clothing, reduce themselves to think only by proxy in the great matters of their salvation, and are " like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear, which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, be the charmer never so cunning." The change from Popery, or any analogous system, to the entire rejection... | |
 | Henry Christmas - 1850 - 288 pages
...voice of the charmer or enchanter. The psalmist takes notice of this piece of subtilty of the adder. " Like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear, which will not hearken to the voice of the charmers, charming never so wisely." It is said, it applies one of its ears hard to the ground,... | |
 | 1864 - 556 pages
...of it into the other ear. The Psalmist refers to this, when, describing wicked men, he says, as in Psalm Iviii. 4, 5 : " They are like the deaf adder...; which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely." Now in this there is much wisdom, and a valuable lesson taught. One of the... | |
 | John Farrar - 1852 - 692 pages
...charmed. It appears from the Scripture that the adder takes precaution to prevent the fascination : "The deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely." "I will send serpents among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall... | |
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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. 
