sheep

My sheepe heare my voyce, and I know them, and they follow me.

He saith to him againe the second time, Simon sonne of Ionas, louest thou me? He saith vnto him, Yea Lord, thou knowest that I loue thee. He saith vnto him, Feed my sheepe.

He said vnto him the third time, Simon sonne of Ionas, louest thou mee? Peter was grieued, because hee saide vnto him the third time, Louest thou me? And he said vnto him, Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I loue thee. Iesus sayth vnto him, Feed my sheepe.

The place of the Scripture, which hee read, was this, Hee was led as a sheepe to the slaughter, & like a Lambe dumbe before the shearer, so opened he not his mouth:

1611 marginal noteEsay. 53.7.

(As it is written, for thy sake we are killed all the day long, wee are accounted as sheepe for the slaughter.)

1611 marginal notePsal. 44.22.

Now the God of peace, that brought againe from the dead our Lord Iesus, that great shepheard of the sheepe, through the blood of the euerlasting Couenant,

1611 marginal noteOr, Testament.

For yee were as sheepe going astray, but are now returned vnto the shepheard and Bishop of your soules.

And Cynamome, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, & wine, and oile, and fine floure, and wheat, and beasts, and sheepe, and horses, and chariots, and slaues, and soules of men.

1611 marginal noteOr, bodies.