Seven sermons on several select subjects preached

Eighthly, Christ is a better Shepherd than any other, and far excels them; In that he keeps his Sheep so fast in his hands, that none can ever pluck them out, John 10.28. Neither can ⟨p. 182⟩any man pluck them out of my hand: Not one of Christs Sheep was ever lost; a Shepherd, though he is never so careful and vigilant, yet sometimes a Sheep may go astray, and be devoured by the Wolf, but not one of Christs elect Sheep was ever lost, John 17.12. None of them are lost, but the Son of Perdition. Judas was never given to Christ, he was not a Sheep, but a Goat, none of his Sheep was ever lost; Christs Sheep sometimes may go astray by error, and may fall into the acts of Sin, as David; but Christ will reduce them, and bring them off again by speedy Repentance, Christs Sheep they may be lame, and faint, and can hardly go, but yet Christ he hath a care of the weak Sheep as well as the strong Sheep; the bruised Reed he will not break, the weakest Saint alive is so a Sheep, that he is part of his Shepherd: Christ and Believers are one, the Sheep cannot perish, but the Shepherd must perish likewise.

Eighthly, Christ is a better Shepherd than any other, and far excels them; In that he keeps his Sheep so fast in his hands, that none can ever pluck them out, Iohn 10.28. Neither can ⟨p. 182⟩any man pluck them out of my hand: Not one of Christs Sheep was ever lost; a Shepherd, though he is never so careful and vigilant, yet sometimes a Sheep may go astray, and be devoured by the Wolf, but not one of Christs elect Sheep was ever lost, Iohn 17.12. None of them are lost, but the Son of Perdition. Iudas was never given to Christ, he was not a Sheep, but a Goat, none of his Sheep was ever lost; Christs Sheep sometimes may go astray by errour, and may fall into the acts of Sin, as David; but Christ will reduce them, and bring them off again by speedy Repentance, Christs Sheep they may be lame, and faint, and can hardly go, but yet Christ he hath a care of the weak Sheep as well as the strong Sheep; the bruised Reed he will not break, the weakest Saint alive is so a Sheep, that he is part of his Shepherd: Christ and Believers are one, the Sheep cannot perish, but the Shepherd must perish likewise.