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And when he hath found it layeth it, vpon his shoulders &c.
CONSIDER, againe in this parable of our blessed Sauiours, that the poore shephard, did not onely willingly leaue the ninetie-nine, to imploye; as it were, his whole selfe, and his care, to find out that one which was lost, but hauing found it, vsed, all sweetnesse towards it,
not driuing or chaceing it home, but lo∣uingly loading it vpon his owne shoulders, and being returned home with it by calling all his friends to reioyce with him.
[Affection.] This deare Sauiour of ours, ô my soule, this carefull shepharde im∣ployd himselfe wholie for our aduantage: to find vs out who had strayed into a land of vtter disproportion from him: and that not for a fewe dayes, weekes, or monthes, but euen for the space of thirtie three yea∣res: sweetly inuiting all that labour and are oppressed, to come to him, and he would refreshe them. He freely conuer∣sed with sinners, pleaded their cause, and eate with them. Nay more, he loaded all our sinnes vpon his owne shoulders: and therfor he may most truly be said, not onely to haue ioyfully, and mercifully, brought backe the lost sheepe alone vpon his owne backe, but euen all that had otherwise perished eternally.