“And he said* unto the woman,” not by any articulate audible speech, made to proceed preternaturally from the jaws of a possessed bestial serpent, or of an apparitional one; but by an internal and inaudible, yet most intelligible and soul-felt communication, of mind with mind and spirit with spirit. Thus God speaks to the heart of man with His inspirations, and our guardian angels communicate with us; and thus, too, the same Satan daily and hourly speaks to ourselves, in our various temptations.