..."iu the Lord, and to esteem them very highly in love for '"their works sake." "Obey them that have the rule over "you, and submit yourselves; for they watch for your souls, "as they that m ust give account." "Let him that is taught in '-tne word communicate unto him that teacheth...

...that have the rule over them ;" that is, "who have spoken unto you," or preached unto you, " the word of God." " Obey them that have the rule over you,...watch for your souls, as they that must give account : " thus expressively designating Presbyters and their work, but having no allusion to Prelates and...

...ecclesiastical, this : -v usTnysiv TJ yivo-. — Ettstalh. ad Iliad, i. l Pe t. xiii. 2. " Obey them, that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves ; for they...for your souls, as they that must give account"'." All, upon whom any ray of the Divine authority is imprinted, whether it be in greater or smaller characters,...

...prayerful consideration of our best people, and to the direction of those who " watch for " their " souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief." Our solicitude, we frankly own, goes to the end, rather than to the special means. A shrewd observer...

...stewards " of the mysteries of God ;" they may and ought to say, " Obey them that have spiri" tual rule over you, and submit yourselves, " for they watch...for your souls as they that " must give account:" they then have a right, though with all humility and selfabasement, to apply to themselves the words...

...do well6." For spiritual or ecclesiastical governors, thus we are commanded : " Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves ; for they watch for your souls, as they that must give an account c :" and " Hold such in reputation"1 :" and " To this end did I write, that...

...government. For ecclesiastical, this : T&JV iSvoui; ev&eov TI yevo; TO j3ewiXweov " Obey them, that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves ; for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account"1." All, upon whom any ray of the Divine authority is imprinted, whether it...

...have the rule over you, and be subject ; 'for they watch for your souls, as they which must give an account : that they may do it with joy, and not with grief j for that is unprofitableforyou." Thus a prelate or curate of souls is to take care, that his cure...

...language oí scripture. " Obey them (says the inspired author of the epistle to the Hebrews) who have the rule over you, and submit yourselves ; for they...watch for your souls as they that must give account." A text which shows that the authority of the minister* of religion was distinct from that of the civil...

...Obey those who preside over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your benefit, as those who must give account : that they may do it •with joy, and not with grief: for this would be unprofitable to you. 18 Pray for us: for we trust that we have a good conscience, desiring...