...I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. 1 1 f For thus saith ould have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22 But I say unto you, It s 12 4As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered ;...

...scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him as a shepherd doth his flock " (Jer. xxxi. 10). And again, " As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that...my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the dark and cloudy day" (Ezek. xxxiv. 7). Similar passages are...

...scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him as a shepherd doth his flock " (Jer. xxxi. 10). And again, " As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that...my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the dark and cloudy day" (Ezek. xxxiv. 7)- Similar passages are...

...of a lost world, and the tenderest exercise of love towards those who are rescued. " For thus saith the Lord God, Behold I, even I, will both search my...seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among the sheep that are scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places...

...harps after supper, and they all sang together in one accord, and the burden of their song was this — "As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered, so does our prince seek out his sheep, and deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered...

...For thus saith the Lord God. Behold I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and the lean cattle, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. Chron. c. 28. v. 9. and it shall come to pass at that time that 1 will search Jerusalem with candles,...

...they may be scattered. We never can be too bold, in referring the whole to the eternal love of God. "I, even I, will both search my sheep and seek them out, as a shepherd eeeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered ; so will I seek out...

...ascribe the difference between you and others, who are yet out of the way, to Him who hath said — " I, even I, will both search my sheep and seek them out," (Ezek. xxxiv. 11.) to that "God who is rich in mercy," and to " his great love, wherewith he loved...

...23. John, 2, 25. ** Mat. 28: 20. tt Heb. 13: 8. « John, 12: 32. ib. 3: 14, 15. « Acts, 4: 12. hold, I, even I, will both search my sheep and seek them out ;" and yet Christ came, as a good shepherd, " to seek and save that which was lost, to give his life...

...nature lost here upon earth ! And thine own gracious words crossed my memory in the view : " Thus saith the Lord God, Behold I, even I, will both search my sheep and seek them out. And I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day....