/Confession/Section 44: Christ for the keeping of this church in holy and orderly communion, placeth some special men over the church; who by their office, are to govern, oversee, visit, watch; so likewise for the better keeping thereof, in all places by the members, He hath given authority, and laid duty upon all to watch over one another.
Acts 20:27-28; Heb. 13:17, 24; Matt. 24:45; 1 Thess. 5:12-13 ; Jude 3, 20; Heb. 10:24-25 , 12:15.