1Peter:5:1-11
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He describes peculiarly the office of the Elders ,
that is to say ,
of them that have the care of the Church .(:
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elders which are among you He uses a preface concerning the circumstance of his own person :
that is ,
that he as their companion communes with them not of manners which he knows not ,
but in which he is as well experienced as any ,
and propounds to them no other condition but that which he himself has sustained before them ,
and still takes the same trouble ,
and also has the same hope together with them .
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 :
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Neither as being lords over [
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Which is the Christian people .(:
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heritage ,
but being ensamples to the flock .
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Humble yourselves therefore (
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Because those proud and lofty spirits threaten the modest and humble ,
the apostle warns us to set the power of God against the vanity of proud men ,
and to rely completely on his providence .(:
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under the mighty hand of God ,
that he may exalt you in due time :
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Cast all your care on him :
for he careth for you .
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Whom resist stedfast in the faith , (
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The persecutions which Satan stirs up ,
are neither new nor proper to any one man ,
but from old and ancient times common to the whole Church ,
and therefore we must suffer patiently ,
in which we have such and so many fellows of our conflicts and combats .(:
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knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your Amongst your brethren which are dispersed throughout the world .
brethren that are in the world .
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To him be glory and dominion for euer and euer ,
Amen .