Let the people of God comfort themselves in all cases by this doctrine of the divine decrees; and, amidst whatever befalls them, rest quietly and submissively in the bosom of God, considering that whatever comes or can come to pass, proceeds from the decree of their gracious friend and reconciled Father, who knows what is best for them, and will make all things work together for their good. O what a sweet and pleasant life would ye have under the heaviest pressures of affliction, and what heavenly serenity and tranquility of mind would you enjoy, would you cheerfully acquiesce in the good will and pleasure of God, and embrace every dispensation, how sharp soever it may be, because it is determined and appointed for you by the eternal counsel of His will!
Thomas Boston

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SHEEP

  1. Clean and used as food # De 14:4
  2. DESCRIBED AS 2a) Innocent

    # 2Sa 24:17

2b) Sagacious # Joh 10:4,5 2c) Agile # Ps 114:4,6 2d) Being covered with a fleece # Job 31:20 2e) Remarkably prolific # Ps 107:41 144:13 So 4:2 Eze 36:37 3) Bleating of, alluded to # Jud 5:16 1Sa 15:14 4) Under man’s care from the earliest age # Ge 4:4 5) Constituted a great part of patriarchal wealth # Ge 13:5 24:25 26:14 6) Males of called rams # 1Sa 15:22 Jer 51:40 7) Females of, called ewes # Ps 78:71 8) Young of, called lambs # Ex 12:3 Isa 11:6 9) PLACES CELEBRATED FOR 9a) Kedar # Eze 27:21 9b) Bashan # De 32:14 9c) Nebaioth # Isa 60:7 9d) Bozrah # Mic 2:12 10) Flesh of, extensively used as food # 1Sa 25:18 1Ki 1:19 4:23 Ne 5:18 Isa 22:13 11) Milk of, used as food # De 32:14 Isa 7:21,22 1Co 9:7 12) Skins of, worn as clothing by the poor # Heb 11:37 13) Skins of, made into a covering for the tabernacle # Ex 25:5 36:10 39:34 14) Wool of, made into clothing # Job 31:20 Pr 31:13 Eze 34:3 15) Offered in sacrifice from the earliest age # Ge 4:4 8:20 15:9,10 16) Offered in sacrifice under the law # Ex 20:24 Le 1:10 1Ki 8:5,63 17) FLOCKS OF 17a) Attended by members of the family # Ge 29:9 Ex 2:16 1Sa 16:11 17b) Attended by servants # 1Sa 17:20 Isa 61:5 17c) Guarded by dogs # Job 30:1 17d) Kept in folds or cotes # 1Sa 24:3 2Sa 7:8 Joh 10:1 17e) Conducted to the richest pastures # Ps 23:2 17f) Fed on the mountains # Ex 3:1 Eze 34:6,13 17g) Fed in the valleys # Isa 65:10 17h) Frequently covered the pastures # Ps 65:13 17i) Watered every day # Ge 29:8-10 Ex 2:16,17 17j) Made to rest at noon # Ps 23:2 So 1:7 17k) Followed the shepherd # Joh 10:4,27 17l) Fled from strangers # Joh 10:5 18) Washed and shorn every year # So 4:2 19) Firstlings of, not to be shorn # De 15:19 20) Firstlings of, not to be redeemed # Nu 18:17 21) Firstlings of, could not be dedicated as a free-will offering # Le 27:26 22) Tithe of, given to the Levites # 2Ch 31:4-6 23) First wool of, given to the priests # De 18:4 24) Time of shearing, a time of rejoicing # 1Sa 25:2,11,36 2Sa 13:23 25) WERE FREQUENTLY 25a) Given as presents # 2Sa 17:29 1Ch 12:40 25b) Given as tribute # 2Ki 3:4 2Ch 17:11 25c) Destroyed by wild beasts # Jer 50:17 Mic 5:8 Joh 10:12 25d) Taken in great numbers in war # Jud 6:4 1Sa 14:32 1Ch 5:21 2Ch 14:15 25e) Cut off by disease # Ex 9:3 26) False prophets assume the simple appearance # Mt 7:15 27) ILLUSTRATIVE 27a) Of the Jews # Ps 74:1 78:52 79:13 27b) Of the people of Christ # Joh 10:7-26 21:16,17 Heb 13:20 1Pe 5:2 27c) Of the wicked in their death # Ps 49:14 27d) Of those under God’s judgment # Ps 44:1 27e) (In patience and simplicity,) of patience, of Christ # Isa 53:7 27f) (In proneness to wander,) of those who depart from God # Ps 119:176 Isa 53:6 Eze 34:16 27g) (Lost,) of the unregenerate # Mt 10:6 27h) (When found,) of restored sinners # Lu 15:5,7 27i) (Separation from the goats,) of the separation of saints from the wicked # Mt 25:32,33