THE FIFTH PLAGUE, ix. 1-7.
First attack on life. Animals share our fortunes, 141. The new summons.
Murrain, 142.--Pharaoh's curiosity, 143.
THE SIXTH PLAGUE, ix. 8-12.
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.