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Reason 1 First, the one is rebuked and chastised in mercy and favour, and therefore the Lord speaketh rather to the heart than to the ear, making also corrections more forcible within, than sensible without: and the other is punished in wrath and displeasure, having nothing added to his soul, but spiritual plagues and curses.

Reason 1 First, the one is rebuked and chastised in mercy and fauor, and therefore the Lord speaketh rather to the heart than to the eare, making also corrections more forcible within, than sensible without: and the other is punished in wrath and displeasure, hauing nothing added to his soule, but spirituall plagues and curses.

Secondly, the one hath a soft heart, a heart of flesh, which may easily be pierced: and the other hath an hard heart, a heart of Adamant, which is impenetrable. A needle or pin ⟨p. 132⟩will enter further, and be more felt in flesh that hath life in it, than a dagger or sword in stones that are senseless. Josiah his heart that was tender did melt at the only hearing of the Law: but Pharaohs heart that was obdurate, was little affected at the notable and imminent plagues that succeeded one another, upon himself and all his Kingdom.

Secondly, the one hath a soft heart, a heart of flesh, which may easilie be pierced: and the other hath an hard heart, a heart of Adamant, which is impenetrable. A needle or pin ⟨p. 132⟩will enter further, and be more felt in flesh that hath life in it, than a dagger or sword in stones that are senslesse. Iosiah his heart that was tender did melt at the only hearing of the Law: but Pharaohs heart that was obdurate, was little affected at the notable and imminent plagues that succeeded one another, vpon himselfe and all his Kingdome.