Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
Ver. 14. Neglect not the gift] God's gifts groan under our disuse or misuse; and God hearing gives them the wings of an eagle; so that such may say as once Zedekiah did, "When went the Spirit of the Lord from me to thee?" God dries up the arm and darkens the eye of idle and idol shepherds, Zechariah 11:17 .
With the laying on of the hands] A custom that came from the Church of the Old Testament,Genesis 8:14; Leviticus 1:4; Leviticus 3:2, is laudably used to this day in the ordination of ministers, but foolishly and sinfully abused by the upstart sectarians.