William Burkitt Notes and Observations - 1 Thessalonians 5:14 - 5:14

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William Burkitt Notes and Observations - 1 Thessalonians 5:14 - 5:14


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Here our apostle directs the ministers of Christ how to carry themselves towards their people, namely, that they should admonish those that are unruly and walk disorderly; that they should comfort the feeble-minded, such as are dispirited by, and rejected under their afflictions, that they should bear with the weak in faith, and be patient towards all mankind.

Note hence, that the church of Christ here on earth, is like a hospital of sickly and infirm persons, labouring under great variety of spiritual diseases, and consequently fit objects of Christ's ministers, to exercise their patience and pains upon; some unruly, some weak, some feeble-minded; every person, every member of the church is a patient, and every patient has his particular distemper, which calls for indefatigable diligence, and invincible patience, from such as are spiritual physicians.