John Trapp on John 10:12

Verſe 12. The wolfe ſcattereth] To Non-reſidents and other unconſcionable Miniſters, Chriſt will ſay as once Eliab did to David; With whom hast thou left thoſe poor few ſheep in the wilderneſſe? Vare, reddi legiones, ſaid Auguſtus, fighting. The like will this good ſhepherd ſay, judging: Pan curet oves, ovium que magistros, ſay many of our Pluraliſts, and idol-ſhepherds. About Hildebrands time, ſo great was the negligence and wickedneſſe of the Clergy, that ſome ſet forth letters, as dated from the devils of hell to them; Mach. Paris. Hiſt. Anno Don 1072. wherein they give them many thanks for the ſouls they had ſent to hell, in ſuch abundance as never was known before.