le, 86.--His first
followers: a joyful reception, 87.--Spiritual joy and reaction, 88.

CHAPTER V.

PHARAOH REFUSES, v. 1-23.

Moses at court again. Formidable, 89.--Power of convictions but also of
tyranny and pride. Menephtah: his story, 90.--Was the Pharaoh drowned?
The demand of Jehovah, 91.--The refusal, 92.--Is religion idleness?
Hebrews were taskmasters, 93.--Demoralised by slavery. They are beaten,
94.--Murmurs against Moses. He returns to God. His remonstrance,
95.--His disappointment. Not really irreverent, 96.--Use of this
abortive attempt, 97-8.

CHAPTER VI.

THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF MOSES, vi. 1-30.

The word Jehovah known before: its consolations now, 99.--The new truth
is often implicit in the old, 100.--Discernment more needed than
revelation. "Judgments," 101.--My people: your God, 102.--The tie is of
God's binding, 103,--Fatherhood and sonship, 104.--Faith becomes
knowledge. The body hinders the soul, 105.--We are responsible for
bodies. Israel weighs Moses down, 106.--We may hold back the saints,
107.--The pedigree, 107-8.--Indications of genuine history, 108-9.--"As
a god to Pharaoh," 110.--We also, 111.

CHAPTER VII.

THE HARDENING OF PHARAOH'S HEART, vii. 3-13.

The assertion offends many, 112.--Was he a free agent? When hardened.
A.V. incorrect, 113.--He resists five plagues spontaneously. The last
five are penal, 114.--Not "hardened" in wickedness, but in nerve. A.V.
confuses three words: His heart is (_a_) "hardened," 115.--(_b_) it is
made "strong" (_c_) "heavy," 116.--Other examples of these words,
117.--The warning implied, 117-19.--Moses returns with the signs,
119.--The functions of miracle, 120.

THE PLAGUES, vii. 14.

Their vast range, 121.--Their relation to Pantheism, Idolatry,
Philosophy, 122.--And to the gods of Egypt. Their retributive fitness,
123.--Their arrangement, 124.--Like our Lord's, not creative, 125.--God
in common things, 126.--Some we inflict upon ourselves. Yet
rationalistic analogies fail, 127.--Duration of the conflict, 128.

THE FIRST PLAGUE, vii, 14-25.

The probable scene, 129.--Extent of the plague. The magicians. Its
duration, 131.--Was Israel exempt? Contrast with first miracle of Jesus,
132.

CHAPTER VIII.

THE SECOND PLAGUE, viii. 1-15.

Submission demanded. Severity of plague, 133.--Pharaoh humbles himself,
134.--"Glory over me." Pharaoh breaks faith, 135.

THE THIRD PLAGUE, viii. 16-19.

Various theories. A surprise. Magicians ba