Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
The serpent works by charming its prey, fixing upon a bird until its resistance is worn away, its barriers are broken down, and it surrenders itself to the serpent. The saying teaches that a strong will can be exerted upon other minds in the same way, pressing upon them until they give way just as the bird gives way to the serpent's charm.
When that charming is turned to seeking the physician's place in order to gain opportunity to tamper with women and girls, it reveals base and corrupt passion and defiling imagination that pollutes the whole person. It is hypocrisy dressing base designs and hellish lusts in garments of sanctity and angel robes in order to deceive and allure and ruin souls, and then to deny any wrongdoing. Such a course is vile and criminal before God, with a poisonous atmosphere surrounding the soul, and in that path lie immorality of every sort and depravity of every description.
The serpent works by charming its prey, fixing upon a bird until its resistance is worn away, its barriers are broken down, and it surrenders itself to the serpent. The saying teaches that a strong will can be exerted upon other minds in the same way, pressing upon them until they give way just as the bird gives way to the serpent's charm.
When that charming is turned to seeking the physician's place in order to gain opportunity to tamper with women and girls, it reveals base and corrupt passion and defiling imagination that pollutes the whole person. It is hypocrisy dressing base designs and hellish lusts in garments of sanctity and angel robes in order to deceive and allure and ruin souls, and then to deny any wrongdoing. Such a course is vile and criminal before God, with a poisonous atmosphere surrounding the soul, and in that path lie immorality of every sort and depravity of every description.