He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth them : he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep. The Works of the Rev. John Wesley. ... - Page 173by John Wesley - 1809Full view - About this book
| John Wesley - Methodism - 1797 - 514 pages
...appeared. r or one fould not obierve any in the congregation, to Mir hand or foot. When the fermon was done, they divided to the right and left, none offering to go 'till 1 was pafl. And then they walked quietly and filently away, left Satan fhonld catch the feed... | |
| Thomas Williams - Bible - 1801 - 366 pages
...gently lead 1 those that are with young.' — ' I am (saith he) 1 Zech. xiii. 7. 2 John, x. 11. 167 ' the good shepherd : the good shepherd layeth ' down his life for the sheep.' iJ. We might run a like parallel between the character of sheep, and that of believers. Sheep are remarked... | |
| Lant Carpenter - Unitarianism - 1817 - 624 pages
...recollect those truths '. — Respecting the ends of his death, he speaks generally in John x. 11, 15, 'I am the good shepherd ; the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.' f I lay down my life for the sheep.' No one, I presume, can infer hence, that Jesus died for those... | |
| Thom Scott - Theology - 1823 - 670 pages
...Hosts ; smite the Shepherd." And thus Christ, taking these prophecies as belonging to him, says, " I am the good Shepherd ; the good Shepherd " layeth down his life for the sheep." — View then, the incarnate Word and Son of God, Immanuel, agonizing in the garden, and expiring on... | |
| Christian life - 1877 - 350 pages
...am the Living Water." Am I far from home, a wanderer on the face of the earth ? — Jesus says, " I am the Good Shepherd;" "The good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep." Am I fallen into the pit of sin, and my feet in the miry clay? — Jesus searches for the lost one... | |
| Thomas Scott - Sermons, English - 1825 - 632 pages
...Hosts ; smite the Shepherd." And thus Christ, taking these prophecies as belonging to him, says, " I am the good Shepherd ; the good Shepherd " layeth down his life for the sheep." — View then, the incarnate Word and Son of God, Immanuel, agonizing in the garden, and expiring on... | |
| John Wesley - 1827 - 306 pages
...expounded, at five, the former part of the parable of the sower. At eight I preached in the Square, on, " I am the good Shepherd : the good Shepherd layeth down...divided to the right and left, none offering to go till I was past : and then they walked quietly and silently away, lest Satan should catch the seed... | |
| John Wesley - 1827 - 612 pages
...expounded at five the former part of the Parable of the Sower. At eight I preached in the Square, on, " I am the good ' Shepherd : the good Shepherd layeth...divided to the right and left, none offering to go till I was passed; and then they walked quietly and silently away, lest Satan should catch the seed... | |
| John Wesley - 1827 - 510 pages
...Christian." Sun. 22. At ten Mr. Fletcher read prayers, and I preached on those words in the Gospel, " I am the good Shepherd, the good Shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep." The church would nothing near contain the congregation ; but a window near the pulpit being taken down,... | |
| John Stedman - 1830 - 364 pages
...good shepherd, we have a lovely picture of the grace and condescension of our incarnate Redeemer. " I am the good shepherd : the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep." Is it possible for words to represent in a livelier, more affecting, more touching point of view, that... | |
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