Owen is referred to as the Prince of the Puritans. Yet how many of his admirers today will agree with him on this important point? Not many.

"Mutual watchfulness over one another by persons in any society is a prime dictate of the law of our creation which was first rejected by this first murderer, " Owen writes.

The passage in view from Hebrews demonstrates that all believers are responsible for oversight in the church - not just elders or pastors. This fact is not commonly known. Much less practiced.

Failure to care for others put us on the level as Cain, the first murderer, according to this author.

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