4. Their poison is like the poison of a serpent. The viper has but death for the body in his fangs, but unregenerate man
carries poison under his tongue, destructive to the nobler nature. They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear. Many serpents have been
conquered by the charmer’s art, but men such as the psalmist had to deal with
no art could tame or restrain; therefore, he likens them to a serpent less
susceptible than others to the charmer’s music, and says that they refused to
hear reason, as the adder shuts her ear to those incantations which fascinate
other reptiles. Man, in his natural corruption, appears to have all the ill
points of a serpent without its excellencies.
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