You are to follow none, but as they follow Christ: the most godly ministers are but limited examples; you are to follow them as far as they follow Christ, but no further.
To run, to work, the law commands, The gospel gives me feet and hands. The one requires that I obey, The other does the power convey.Ralph Erskine, Gospel Sonnets or Spiritual Songs (Edinburgh: John Pryde, 1870), 288- 89