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gross of mankind, to stifle the seeds of idolatry ; ‘a mighty prince 
and preacher of righteousness.’ And though the memoirs of our 
Druids are extremely short, yet we can very evidently discover 
from them, that the Druids were of Abraham’s religion entirely, 
AT; LEAST IN THE EARLIEST TIMES, and worshipped the Supreme 
Being in the same manner as he did, and probably according to 
his example, or the example of his and their common ancestors. 
Should this view, however, be deemed overstrained, this much 
will at least be admitted, that the conquest obtained by Christianity 
over Paganism and the almost universal worship of the serpent in 
this country and elsewhere, is a striking fulfilment of the first 
prediction by the Divine Creator in Paradise, that the serpent’s 
head should be bruised (or his worship destroyed) by Him “in 
whom,” it was afterwards foretold, “all the nations of the earth 
should be blessed.’’* 
1 Stukeley’s Stonehenge, vol. i. (fol.) p. 2. 
2 On the ancient Norman Font in Abury Church, there is a mutilated figure 
dressed apparently in the Druidical priestly garb, holding a crozier in one hand, 
and clasping an open book to his breast with the other. Two winged dragons 
or serpents are attacking this figure on either side. May not this be designed 
to represent the triumph of Christianity over Druidism, in which there was much 
veneration entertained for the serpent and serpent worship ? 
