Let the Reader consult what was said on the 7th Verse, and now behold the Lord's design in the permission. Gracious God! how dost thou compel thy very enemies to acknowledge thy sovereignty? Reader! shall not you and I? See Psalms 64:5-10.
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Exodus 8:18-19
18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.