THE

WORSHIP OF THE SERPENT

TRACED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD,

AND ITS TRADITIONS REFERRED TO THE EVENTS IN

PARADISE:

PROVING THE TEMPTATION AND FALL OF MAN

BY THE INSTRUMENTALITY OF A

SERPENT TEMPTER.

BY

THE REV. JOHN BATHURST DEANE, M. A.

LATE OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE:

CURATE OF ST. BENEDICT FINCK; AND EVENING PREACHER AT THE CHAPEL OF THE PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY.

Παρὰ παντὶ τῶν νομίζομένων παρ ὕμιν θεῶν, ΟΦΙΣ σύμβολον μέγα, καὶ μυστήριον, ἀναγράφεται. Justin Martyr. Apol. lib. i. p. 60.

LONDON:

J. HATCHARD AND SON. 187, PICCADILLY;

AND C. J. G. & F. RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.

1830.