Therefore, in the first place, the office of elders is together with the ministers of the Word, to take the oversight of the Church, which is committed to them, and diligently to look, whether every one properly deports himself in his confession and conversation; to admonish those who behave themselves disorderly, and to prevent, as much as possible, the sacraments from being profaned: also to act (according to the Christian discipline) against the impenitent, and to receive the penitent again into the bosom of the Church, as does not only appear from the above mentioned saying of Christ, but also from many other places of Holy Writ, as I Cor. chap. 5, and II Cor. chap. 2, that these things are not alone entrusted to one or two persons, but to many who are ordained thereto.
Kaya, una, ang tungkulin ng mga obispo, kasama ang mga tagapangaral ng Salita, ay pangasiwaan ang iglesya na ipinagkatiwala sa kanila, at matiyagang magbantay kung ang bawat isa ay namumuhay nang wasto sa kanyang kumpesyon at pamumuhay; sawayin sila na liko ang pamumuhay, at iwasan, hangga’t maaari, na malapastangan ang mga sakramento; at gayon di’y kumilos (ayon sa Cristianong pagdidisiplina) laban sa mga ayaw magsisi, at muling tanggapin ang nagsisisi sa loob ng iglesya, hindi lamang batay sa nabanggit nang sinabi ni Cristo, kundi batay din sa iba pang bahagi ng Banal na Kasulatan, tulad ng I Corinto 5, at II Corinto 2, na ang mga bagay na ito ay hindi lamang naiatang sa isa o dalawang tao, kundi sa marami na naitalaga para rito.