1. Ministers should remember that they are "separated unto the gos- pel," and that any occupation which, by its demands upon their atten- tion, or from its influence on their character or feelings, interferes with their devotion to this object, is for them wrong, v. 1.
2. If Jesus Christ is the great subject of the gospel, it is evident that we cannot have right views of the one, without having correct opinions respecting the other. What think ye of Christ] cannot be a minor question. To be Christians we must recognise him as the Messiah, or Son of David ; and as divine, or the Son of God ; we must be able to
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