...keeping of their souls to him in well-doing, as unto a faithful Creator. CHAP. V. THE DUTY OF ELDERS. THE elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed...

...enjoyments, and all the sufferings of this life pass *way, and be as if they had not been ? CHAP. V. Ver. 1 . The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed....

...Elder to the elect lady; 3 John i. What Elder is this ? Is it not the holy and dear Apostle, St. John ? The Elders, which are among you, I exhort, who am also an Elder Kc. Feed the flock of God, which is among you ; saith Saiut Peter; I Pet. v. 1 . Lo, such an Elder...

...established in the faith, and built up in the Lord, she grasps things future as well as things present. " The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed....

...repent. 266 SERMON XIV. OF THE CHARACTER AND DUTIES OF A CHRISTIAN MINISTER. J PET. v. 1 — 3. — The elders which are among you, I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and «lso a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed...

...apostles are never called bishops ; Peter, yes, Peter, whom we hear called the prince of the apostles, says, "The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed."...

...language, he doubtless had reference to^he command which his master had, reiteratedly, given to him. "The elders which are among you, I exhort, who am also an elder, Feed the flock of God, which is among you." The words befor&us are adapted to the important and interesting...

...passage equally conclusive in support of this argument. It la that which ia found in 1 Peter, v. 1 . 2. " The Elders which are among you, I exhort, who am also an Elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed....

...We preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake." " The elders which are among you I exhort who am also an elder— feed the flock of God — not as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock."...

...in the religious oversight of the flock ; the language of the apostle being brought to remembrance: "The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the puft'erings of Christ, and also a, partaker of the glory that shall be revealed."...