...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 he is among his sheep that are scattered : so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places whither they have...

...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,...

...is only by the watchful guardianship of the Shepherd that they are preserved from being devoured. " Behold I, even I, will both search my sheep and seek...his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have...

...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...

...field. But he has not lost sight of it. " Behold, I, saith he, I will both search my sheep and find them out. As a shepherd seeketh out his flock, in the day that he is among his sheep, that are scattered : so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have...

...referring to the return of Israel from the land of their captivity under His almighty protection : " As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered : so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have...

...expecting the blessing even life for evermore ; hence the Lord speaking by the prophet Ezekiel says, " Behold I even I, will both search my sheep and seek...flock, in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered ; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have...

...our poor 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....