See here, 1. The folly of those that will not be taught, that refuse
instruction, that will not heed it, but turn their backs upon it, or
will not hear it, but turn their hearts against it. They refuse
correction (margin); they will not take it, no, not from God himself,
but kick against the pricks. Those that do so despise their own souls;
they show that they have a low and mean opinion of them, and are in
little care and concern about them, considered as rational and
immortal, instruction being designed to cultivate reason and prepare
for the immortal state. The fundamental error of sinners is
undervaluing their own souls; therefore they neglect to provide for
them, abuse them, expose them, prefer the body before the soul, and
wrong the soul to please the body. 2. The wisdom of those that are
willing, not only to be taught, but to be reproved: He that hears
reproof, and amends the faults he is reproved for, gets understanding,
by which his soul is secured from bad ways and directed in good ways,
and thereby he both evidences the value he has for his own soul and
puts true honour upon it.