Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
Ver. 17. Be followers together of me] Longum iter per praecepta, brevius per exempla. Everything in a minister should be exemplary, τυπος. We must propound to ourselves the highest pitch and the best patterns of perfection; even those of most raised parts and graces, of unwearied industry in services, and undaunted magnanimity in suffering; follow the most forward Christians with a desire to overtake them; dwell upon their exemplary lives till ye be changed into the same image.