The Worship of the Serpent Traced Throughout the World: Attesting the Temptation and Fall of Man by the Instrumentality of a Serpent Tempter (Classic Reprint)

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In conclusion, I must remark, that the present edition of this treatise, although very superior to the last, both as to correctness of informa tion, and quantity of new matter, is still only an introduction to what may be written on the Worship of the Serpent, as connected with the Fall and Redemption of Man. And I shall hail the day with pleasure, when some person of true learning and a deep insight into antiquity shall go through (with this view) with the his tory of the'serpent It would be, indeed, as Bryant most justly observes, a noble under taking, and very edifying in its consequences and if this short syllabus shall be in any degree instrumental to a work so desired, it will not.

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