 | 1864 - 604 pages
...and plenteous in mercy and truth." But all was of no avail. He cared nothing about these things. " Like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear ; which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely," he refused to listen to those precious truths which would have been for... | |
 | Alexander Strachan - 1853 - 550 pages
...them out of purgatory. The earnest expostulations of the minister they treated with supreme contempt; "like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so E 5 wisely." " I accompanied them," said Mr. Leigh, " to the place of execution,... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 540 pages
...thrown away on the scornful and obstinate. Psal. Iriii. 4, 5. " they are like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear, which will not hearken to the voice of charmers." Prov. ix. 7, 8. "he that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame. . . . reprove not a scorner."... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 544 pages
...thrown away on the scornful and obstinate. Psal. Iviii. 4, 5. " they are like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear, which will not hearken to the voice of charmers." Pror. ix. 7, 8. "he that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame. . . . reprove not a scorner."... | |
 | John [prose] Milton - 1853 - 540 pages
...thrown nway on the scornful and obstinate. Psal. Iviii. 4, 5. " they are like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear, which will not hearken to the voice of charmers." Prov. ix. 7, 8. "he that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame. . . . reprove not a scorner."... | |
 | Eliza Stephenson - 1854 - 312 pages
...they go astray as soon as they be bora, speaking lies. 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." " The meek find knowledge easily, for God himself becomes their teacher... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 900 pages
...these objectionable passages. — TODD. t So much of adder*t wiidom I have learn'd. The allusion is to Psalm Iviii. 4, 5 : — " They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth hei ear : which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely."— NEWTON. «... | |
 | Freeborn Garretson Hibbard - 1850 - 600 pages
...reading. Thus, speaking of the wicked, David 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. Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth : break out the great teeth of the... | |
 | 1856 - 452 pages
...welldisposed and prudent, for they closed their ears to all peaceful counsel. For, as it is written, " They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear ; which will not hearken to the voice of the charmers " [Ps. viii. 4, 5.] In this matter the cause of the king of England, who was only seeking... | |
 | John Eadie - 1857 - 870 pages
...o viper. CHABMINO OF THKV. Ps. Iviii, 4, 5. Their poison ft like the poison of a serpent: they arc, to Idola. eat not for hl« s.ike that shewed It, and for con*cience sake: for the earth is charming never so wisely. Ecrlc.t. x, 11. Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler... | |
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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. 
