The Breaking up or Tilling of the Earth Jeremiah 4:3, Hosea 10:12

Noah the Supposed Inventor Of Genesis 5:29

Performed

By a plough Luke 9:62

With oxen 1 Samuel 14:14, Job 1:14

During the cold winter season Proverbs 20:4

In long and straight furrows Psalm 129:3

Generally by servants Isaiah 61:5, Luke 17:7

Sometimes by the owner of the land himself 1 Kings 19:19

With an Ox and an Ass Yoked Together Forbidden To Deuteronomy 22:10

Difficulty Of, on Rocky Ground Amos 6:12

Followed by Harrowing and Sowing Isaiah 28:24, 25

Illustrative

Of repentance and reformation Jeremiah 4:3

Of peace and prosperity Isaiah 2:4, Micah 4:3

Of a severe course of affliction Hosea 10:11

Of a course of sin Job 4:8, Hosea 10:13

Of the labour ministers 1 Corinthians 9:10

(Attention and constancy required in,) of continued devotedness Luke 9:62