Sentence:  "For it is written, I will <WSD>ſmite</WSD> the Shepheard, and the Sheep ſhall be ſcattered." ... Becauſe the Shepheard was to be "ſmitten", they as Sheepe muſt be "ſcattered". The Scope of which place is, to prove Chriſt the true Paſtor of the Flocke, even by his ſmiting and abaſement; and ſo moſt aptly alledged that the Diſciples might have matter of ſtrength and comfort thence where they ſtumbled and offended themſelves. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To strike down or kill with godly force.