THE

WORSHIP OF THE SERPENT

TRACED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD:

ATTESTING

THE TEMPTATION AND FALL OF MAN

BY THE INSTRUMENTALITY

OF A

SERPENT TEMPTER.

BY THE

REV. JOHN BATHURST DEANE, M.A. F.S.A.

LATE OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

Παρὰ παντὶ τῶν νομιζομένων παρ ̓ ὑμῖν θεῶν, ΟΦΙΣ σύμβολον μέγα,
καὶ μυστήριον, ἀναγράφεται.—JUSTIN MARTYR, Apol. lib. i. p. 60.

SECOND EDITION, CONSIDERABLY ENLARGED.

LONDON:

J. G. & F. RIVINGTON,

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD, AND WATERLOO PLACE, PALL MALL.

IN ADMIRATION

BL441 D4 1233

OF DISTINGUISHED TALENTS AND PROFOUND LEARNING

INVARIABLY EMPLOYED IN

THE PROMOTION OF CHRISTIAN TRUTH,

THIS TRIBUTE OF RESPECT

IS INSCRIBED TO

THE REV. GEORGE STANLEY FABER, B.D.

BY

HIS OBLIGED AND HUMBLE SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.