Judges xiv, 18. And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. Job iv, 8. Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. Job xxxi, 38-40. If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. Ps. cxxix, 3. The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. Prov. xx, 4. The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. Prov. xxi, 4. An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin. Isa. ii, 4. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and theirspears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. Jer. iv, 3. For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and SOW not among thorns. Jer. xiv, 4. Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. Jer. xxvi, 18. Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. ed iniquity; ye have eaten the Micah iii, 12. Therefore shall Joel iii, 10. Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. Luke ix, 62. And Jesus said unto him. No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. 1 Cor. iii. 9. For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry. Ps. xcvii, 11. Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. Ps. cvii, 37. And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. Jer. xxxi, 27. 28. Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD. Ezek. xxxvi, 9-11. For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown: And I will multiply men 1 Cor. ix, 10. Or saith he it alto- upon you, all the house of Israel, For our even all of it: and the cities shall gether for our sakes? sakes, no doubt, this is written: be inhabited, and the wastes shall that he that ploweth should plow be builded: And I will multiply in hope; and that he that thresh-upon you man and beast; and eth in hope should be partaker they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after of his hope. your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. SOWING. Gen. xlvii, 23. Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. Lev. xix, 19. Ye shall keep my ment mingled of linen and wool- Deut. xxii, 9. Thou shalt not sow P3. cxxvi, 5, 6. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. Eccles. xi, 4, 6. He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. Isa. xxviii, 25, 26. When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place? For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him. Hos.x, 11-13. * Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods. * break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek Isa. xxxii, 20. Blessed are ye the LORD, till he come and rain that sow beside all waters, that righteousness upon you. Ye have send forth thither the feet of the plowed wickedness, ye have reap-ox and the ass. the Matt. xiii, 1-8. The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on shore. And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth and forthwith they sprung because they had no deepness of earth: And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, But other fell and choked them: into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundred fold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. up. Matt. xiii, 18-23. Hear ye there. fore the parable of the sower. When any one heareth the word, country of Moab how that the of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked ene, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while; for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. He also that received seed among the thorns is be that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Gal. vi, 7, 8. Be not deceived: God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap cerruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap Mis everlasting. PLENTY. Gen. xxvi, 12. Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold; and the LORD blessed him. Gen. xli, 47. And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. Lev. xxv,18,19. Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my jadgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. Lev. xxvi, 3-5. If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. Lev. xxvi, 10. And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. LORD had visited his people in 2 Kings xix, 29. And this shall Psalm 1xv, 9-13. Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof; thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing. Psalm 1xxii, 16. There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon. Ezek. xxxvl, 8. But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth fruit to my people of Israel; for your branches, and yield your they are at hand to come. Ezek. xxxiv, 27. And the tree of be full of wheat, and the fats shall Joel ii, 26. And ye shall eat in Amos ix, 13. Behold, the day is come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. Zech. viii, 11, 12. But now I will not be unto the residue of this Deut. xxxii, 13. He made him people as in the former days, saith ride on the high places of the the LORD of hosts. For the seed earth, that he might eat the in-shall be prosperous; the vine shall crease of the fields. give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. Bath i, 6. Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Meat: for she had heard in the Heb. vi, 7. For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God. REAPING AND HARVEST. Gen. viii, 22. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. Gen. xxxvii, 7. For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. of its own accord of thy harvest Lev. xxv,5. That which groweth thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land. Ruth ii, 4. And, behold, Boaz unto the reapers, The LORD be came from Beth-lehem, and said with you. him, The LORD bless thee. And they answered shemesh were reaping their wheat 1 Sam. vi, 13. And they of Beth harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. 1 Sam. viii, 12. And he will ap point him captains over thousands, set them to ear his ground, and to and captains over fifties; and will reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. my bread, and my water, and my 1 Sam. xxv, 11. Shall I then take flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they bet 2 Kings iv, 18. And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, the reapers. that he went out to his father to Job v, 5. Whose harvest the hun-out of the thorns, and the robber gry eateth up, and taketh it even swalloweth up their substance. Job xxiv, 6. They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. Prov. x, 5. He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. Prov. xxv, 13. As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters. Job xxiv, 24. They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. Isa. ix, 3. Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. Isa. xvii, 4, 5. And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean. And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim. harvest: and in the time of harvest | the labourers who have reape Matth. xiii, 36-43. Then Jesus James v, 7. Be patient therefore, sent the multitude away, and brethren, unto the coming of the went into the house: and his dis- Lord. Behold, the husbandman ciples came unto him, saying, De-waiteth for the precious fruit of clare unto us the parable of the the earth, and hath long patience tares of the field. He answered for it, until he receive the early and said unto them. He that soweth and latter rain. the good seed is the Son of man; Jer. v, 24. Neither say they in The field is the world; the good their heart, Let us now fear the seed are the children of the kingLORD our God, that giveth rain, dom; but the tares are the chilboth the former and the latter, in dren of the wicked one; The his season: he reserveth unto us enemy that sowed them is the the appointed weeks of the har-devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this vest. Jer. viii, 20. The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. Rev. xiv. 14-16. And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth reaped. Jer. ix, 22. Speak, Thus saith World. The Son of man shall send earth is ripe. And he that sat on the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall' fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them. Jer. 1, 16. Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. Hosea vi, 11. Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people. Joel iii, 13. Put ye in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow: for their wickedness is great. Matth. ix, 37, 38. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. Matth. xiii, 24-30. Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the forth his angels, and they shall Mark iv, 26-29. And he said, So Luke x, 2. Therefore said he un- John iv, 35-38. Say not ye, There 1 Cor. ix, 11. It we have sown James v, 4. Behold, the hire of GLEANING. Was Lev. xix, 9. And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. the harvest of your land, thou Lev. xxiii, 22. And when ye reap shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God. Deut. xxiv, 19. When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. feld belonging unto Boaz, who as of the kindred of Elimelech. Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house. Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? not to glean in another field, Beither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens: Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. Go Buth ii, 14-19. And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar, And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left. And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: And let fall also Some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned; and it was about an ephah of barley. And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed. And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz. Ruth 11, 21-23. And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. And Naomi said Ento Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field. So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law. Judges xx, 45. And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them. THRESHING. Gen. xxiv, 25. She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. Gen. xxiv, 32. And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels. Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost. So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight. with his horsemen. This also Isa. xxviii, 27-29. For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the Gen. 1, 10. And they came to the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it threshing-floor of Atad, which is cometh forth from the LORD of beyond Jordan. hosts, which is wonderful in counExod. v, 10-12. And the task-sel, and excellent in working. masters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. Go ye, get you straw where you can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. Deut. xxv, 4. Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Judges vi, 11. And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi-czrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. 1 Sam. xxiii, 1. Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors. 1 Chron. xxi, 18-25. Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD. And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Orman was threshing wheat. And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground. Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shall grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people. And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all. And king David said to Ornan, leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen: for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing. 2 Kin. xiii, 7. Neither did he Job xxi, 18. They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. Psalm i, 4. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Psalm xxxv, 5. Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them. Psalm 1xxxiii, 13. O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. the corn of my floor: that which I Isa. xxi, 10. O my threshing, and have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. Isa. xxx, 24. The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. Isa. xxx, 28. And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. titude of thy strangers shall be Isa, xxix, 5. Moreover the mullike small dust, and the multitude chaff that passeth away: yea, it of the terrible ones shall be as shall be at an instant suddenly. Isa. xxxiii. 11. Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you. Isa.xli, 15, 16. Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. Jer. xiii, 24. Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness. Jer. xxiii, 28. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD. Jer. 11, 1, 2. Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against ine, a destroying wind; And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. Luke xxii, 31. And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat. 1 Cor. ix, 9. For it is written in the law of Moses. Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? GRASS. Deut. xi, 15. And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. Ps. civ, 14. He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth. Jer. li, 33. For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like Ps. cxlvii, 8. Who covereth the a threshingfloor, it is time to heaven with clouds, who preparthresh her: yet a little while, and eth rain for the earth, who maketh the time of her harvest shall come. grass to grow upon the mountains. Hosea x, 11. And Ephraim is as Prov. xxvii, 25. The hay appear an heifer that is taught, and lov-eth, and the tender grass sheweth eth to tread out the corn; but I itself, and herbs of the mountains passed over upon her fair neck: are gathered. I will make Ephraim to ride. Mark vi, 39. And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. John vi, 10. And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. Amos 1, 3. Thus saith the LORD; Rev. ix, 4. And it was commandFor three transgressions of Dam-ed them that they should not hurt ascus, and for four, I will not turn the grass of the earth, neither any away the punishment thereof; be-green thing, neither any tree; but cause they have threshed Gilead only those men which have not with threshing instruments of the seal of God in their foreheads. iron. Amos ix, 9. For. lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. Micah iv, 12, 13. But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the LORD of the whole earth. Hab. iii, 12. Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger. Matt. iii, 12. Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. Luke iii, 17. Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge Num. xxii, 4. And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. 2 Sam. xxiii, 4. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. tender 2 Kings xix, 26. Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. Psalm 1xxii, 6. He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. Psalm Ixxii, 16. And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. Psalm xc, 5, 6. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass chich groweth In the morning it flourisheth, up. and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. Psalm xcii, 7. When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever. Psalm cii, 15. As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. Isa. xxxvii, 27. Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. Isa. xl, 6-8. The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. Matth. vi, 30. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 1 Pet. i, 24. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as The grass the flower of grass. withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away. OTHER PRODUCTS OF BEANS, LENTILES, ETC. 2 Sam. xvii, 28. Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour. and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse. BULRUSHES, FLAGS AND RUSHES. Exod. ii, 3. And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. Isa. lviii, 5. Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? Job viii, 11. Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? |