Obdure

The Ages in their grovvth vvax worſe & vvorſe. / The firſt vvas pretious, full of golden reſt. / Siluer ſucceeded; good, but not ſo pure: / Then loue and harmleſſe luſts might currant paſſe: / The third that follovves vve finde more obdure, / And that vve title by the Age of Braſſe.

This saw his hapless foes, but stood obdur'd.

[…] this spiritual edge shall either turn again, or, through our weak wieldance, not enter the stubborn and thick hide of obdured hearts […]