No warning, yet Author manifest. Ashes of the furnace, [144].—-Suffering in the flesh. The magicians again. Pharaoh’s heart “made strong,” [145].—Dares not retaliate, [146].
The Seventh Plague, ix. 13–35.
Expostulation not mockery, [146]–[7].—God is wronged by slavery, [147].—Civil liberty is indebted to religion. “Plagues upon thine heart,” [148].—A mis-rendering: why he was not crushed, [149].—An opportunity of escape. The storm, [150].—Ruskin upon terrors of thunderstorm, [151].—Pharaoh confesses sin, [152].—Moses intercedes. The weather in history. Job’s assertion, [153].
[CHAPTER X.]
The Eighth Plague, x. 1–20.
Moses encouraged, [154].—Deliverances should be remembered. A sterner rebuke. Locusts in Egypt, [155].—Their effect. The court interferes. Yet “their hearts hardened” also, [156]—Infatuation of Pharaoh. Parallel of Napoleon, [157].—Women and little ones did share in festivals, [158].—A gentle wind. Locusts. Another surrender, [159].—Relief. Our broken vows, [160].
The Ninth Plague, x. 21–29.
Menephtah’s sun-worship, [161].—Suddenness of the plague. Concentrated narrative, [162].—Darkness represents death, [163].—The Book of Wisdom upon this plague, [164]–[5].—Isaiah’s allusions. The Pharaoh’s character, [165].—Altercation with Moses, [166].