- Every herb, tree and grass yields its own Genesis 1:11,12,29
- Each kind of, has its own body 1 Corinthians 15:38
- SOWING OF
- Time for, called seed time Genesis 8:22
- Necessary to its productiveness John 12:24; 1 Corinthians 15:36
- Required constant diligence Ecclesiastes 11:4,6
- Often attended with great waste Matthew 13:4,5,7
- Often attended with danger Psalm 126:5,6
- Yearly return of time of sowing, secured by covenant Genesis 8:21,22
- The ground carefully ploughed, and prepared for Isaiah 28:24,25
- Often sown beside rivers Ecclesiastes 11:1; Isaiah 32:20
- Often trodden into the ground, by the feet of oxen Isaiah 32:20
- Required to be watered by the rain Isaiah 55:10
- In Egypt required to be artificially watered Deuteronomy 11:10
- Yielded an abundant increase in Canaan Genesis 26:12; Matthew 13:23
- MOSAIC LAWS RESPECTING
- Different kinds of, not to be sown in the same field Leviticus 19:19; Deuteronomy 22:9
- If dry, exempted from uncleanness though touched by an Unclean thing Leviticus 11:37
- If wet, rendered unclean by contact with an unclean thing Leviticus 11:38
- The tithe of, to be given to God Leviticus 27:30
- Not to be sown during the sabbatical year Leviticus 25:4,20
- Not to be sown in year of jubilee Leviticus 25:11
- Difference between, and the plant which grows from it, Noticed 1 Corinthians 15:37,38
- THE JEWS PUNISHED BY
- Its rotting in the ground Joel 1:17; Malachi 2:3
- Its yielding but little increase Isaiah 5:10; Haggai 1:6
- Its increase being consumed by locusts Deuteronomy 28:38; Joel 1:4
- Its increase being consume by enemies Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:33,51
- Its being choked by thorns Jeremiah 12:13; Matthew 13:7
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- The word of God Luke 8:11; 1 Peter 1:23
- Spiritual life 1 John 3:9
- SOWING, ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Preaching the gospel Matthew 13:3,32; 1 Corinthians 9:11
- Scattering or dispersing a people Zechariah 10:9
- Christian liberality Ecclesiastes 11:6; 2 Corinthians 9:6
- Men's works producing a corresponding recompence Job 4:8; Hosea 10:12; Galatians 6:7,8
- The death of Christ and its effects John 12:24
- The burial of the body 1 Corinthians 15:36-38
Reuben Archer Torrey (28 January 1856 – 26 October 1928) was an American evangelist, pastor, educator, and writer. He aligned with Keswickian theology.[1]
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