These be the first beginnings of Christianity in China, where, euen as in other places of the Christian Common-wealth, the seed is to be sowen with great labour and teares, that acceptable fruits may be reaped with gladnesse.
In trees also and fruites, there is for the most part, a greater force and power in the nature of the soile and water where they grow, eyther for the pruning and planting, then there is if straunge impes and seedes be grifted and sowen there.
He will speak in prose, as in church: Why sholde I sowen draf out of my fest, Whan I may sowenwhete if that me lest?
The maried Gentleman assured him that he neuer thought it, and how they which had sowen that rumor, had wickedly belied him.
And considering the valor of hys minde, she praysed Nature, for that in a man so basely borne shee had sowen the seeds of a gentlemanlike and noble heart, greatly to hir selfe commendynge the yong man.
And then he declared how contrary to that sowing, Mahomet had sowen seed, which brought foorth euill fruit.
Why sholde I sowen draf out of my fest, 35 Whan I maysowen whete, if that me lest?
Now comth the sinne of hem that sowen and maken discord amonges folk, which is a sinne that Crist hateth outrely; and no wonder is.
And specially let them be sowen in the olde of the Mone.
All things which are sowen there, are not past two or three dayes in coming vp out of the ground.
Paul, If wee hauesowen vnto you heauenly things, doe you thinke it much that we should reape your carnall things?
Do-bet shal beten it and bouken it As bright as any scarlet, 8940 And engreyven it with good wille And Goddes grace to amende the, And sithen sende thee to satisfaccion For to sowen it after.
Why schuld I sowen draf out of my fest, Whan I may sowe whete, if that me lest?
And in this resembling the learning of an euill man to the seedessowen in barren ground.
As the good seedes sowen in fruitfull soyle, Bring foorth foyson when barren doeth them spoile: So doeth it fare when much good learning hits, Vpon shrewde willes and ill disposed wits.
I have ben his folwere Al this fifty wynter, Bothe y-sowen his seed, And suwed hise beestes, 3590 Withinne and withouten Waited his profit.
And who so helpeth me to erie And sowen here er I wende, Shal have leve, by oure Lorde!
I have an half acre to erie 3800 By the heighe weye; Hadde I eryed this half acre, And sowen it after, I wolde wende with yow, And the wey teche.
It would be sowen in very small quantity, for after it hath once taken roote, it will naturally of itself overspread much ground, and hardly ever after be rooted out.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sowen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
