Chapter III: Contents

_The flying and fiery Serpents. Ungrateful Israel wounded by them, and
healed by the Figure of a Serpent. God hears the Intercession of_
Moses, _when deaf to the Cries of that rebellious People.
Conjectures why healed by a Machine in the Form of a Serpent. Sin in
all its Appearances, the Venom of the old Serpent. The brazen
Serpent a Representation of the_ Messiah. _The Cures wrought by both
were by very unlikely Means. The Wonders of Salvation. Why_ Israel
_was healed by a Serpent made of Brass; Opinions about it. The
brazen Serpent was no Talisman, or a magical Image. The fatal
Catastrophe of the brazen Serpent. Destroyed, when abused to
Idolatry. The Serpent shewed in St._ Ambrose’_s Church at_ Milan,
_for that of_ Moses, _a Cheat. Martyrs from the Catacombs of St._
Sebastian. _Divine Institution necessary to acceptable Worship. May
the Destruction of the brazen Serpent, when abused to Idolatry,
warrant us to guess at the Fate of a Cross abused to Idolatry!_

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