1 Timothy 5:25

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READER! behold how venerable, in the sight of God the Spirit, are the hoary saints considered, when we see such a charge given concerning them. Blessedly God hath said, even to your old age, I am he, and even to hoar hairs will I carry you! And, therefore, the Lord, who watches over them himself, will have no rebuke given them from others. Our fathers in the Church, and our mothers in Israel, are counted worthy of double honor, when the hoary head is found in the righteousness of Christ.

And blessed are those Ministers and Stewards of God's mysteries which labor in the word and doctrine, who do nothing by partiality, but view all the members of Christ's mystical body, equally entitled to their good offices, and to their affection, without preferring one before another. Lord make all thy servants faithful, and let thy people praise thee, that God in all things may be glorified in, and through Jesus Christ.