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Question 29 — What is the duty of the church towards their elders, pastors, or teachers?
Answer —
aTo have them in reverence and honour for their office and
work’s sake; bto obey them conscientiously in all things wherein
they speak unto them in the name of the Lord; cto pray earnestly
for them, that they may, and to exhort them, if need require, to fulfil the
work of the ministry; dto communicate unto them of their
temporals, for their comfortable subsistence in the world and usefulness
unto others; ewisely to order things by their direction, so as
that they may be amongst them without fear; fto abide with and
stand by them in their sufferings for the gospel, and service of Christ
among them.
a1 Thess.
v. 12, 13; 1 Tim. v.
17.
bHeb. xiii. 17;
1 Cor. xvi. 16.
cEph. vi. 18,
19; Col. iv. 3; 2 Thess. iii.
1; Col. iv. 17.
dGal. vi.
6; 1 Cor. ix. 14.
e1 Cor. xvi. 10.
f2 Tim. i. 16–18, iv.
16.
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