ELders] So the ministers of Gods word are styled, because usually men of good age were chosen to that office, 1. That they might not be despised for their youth, 1 Timothy 4:12. 2. That they might be well grounded in the truth, and so not be apt to be cartled away with divers doctrines, Ephesians 4:14. and a witnesse of the sufferings of Christ] Luke 24:48. a partaker] Romans 8:17-18. glory] This he speaks, either in respect of his being present at our Saviours transfiguration, Matth. 17. 1, &c. which was a glimpse of that glory wherewith he shall appear at the last day; or else in respect of those first-fruits of glory, whereof he himself was partaker in this life.