John Trapp on Isaiah 28:24

Ver. 24. Doth the plowman plow all day to ſow?] Or, every day. Doth he not find him ſomewhat elſe to do beſides?Preponit parabolam ruſticam, ſed magna ſapientia refertam. Sua ſunt rebus omnibus agendis tempora, novandi, arandi, occandi, aequandi, ſerendi, metendi, colligandi & excernendi grani, & ſuae rationes ſingulis. And ſhall not the only wiſe God afflict his people with moderation and diſcretion? yea verily; for he is a God of judgement, and waiteth to be gratious: chap. 30.18. We are no longer plowed then needs: and whereas we may think our hearts ſoft enough; it may be ſo for ſome grace, but God hath ſeeds of all ſorts to caſt in, the wheat and the rie, &c. and that ground which is ſoft enough for one, is not for another. God (ſaith Chryſoſtom) doth like a Lutaniſt, who will not let the ſtrings be too ſlack, leſt they marr the muſick: nor ſuffer them to be too hard-ſtretcht or ſcrued up, leſt they break.