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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Psalms 58:5

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Which: That serpents might be charmed or rendered harmless was well known to the ancients. Virgil, and many others state the fact - Frigidus in pratis cantando, rumpitur anguis. "In the meadows the cold snake is burst by incantation." charming never so wisely: or, be the charmer never so cunning, Deu 18:11; Isa 19:3 Psalms 58:6
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