From Martin Bucer’s Concerning the True Care of Souls,

“It is He Himself (Christ) who rules His church, He feeds it, He cares for it, He brings to it those wandering sheep which are still astray; and those which are already in His church He watches over, leads and provides for them, so that they may be daily purified more and more from sins and all the sadness which is brought about by sins, that they may be saved and continually led on and encouraged to grow in piety and blessedness. And the Lord conducts and exercises this rule in the house of Jacob, that is, in the church, eternally; He is and dwells with His people until the end of the world – although not in a tangible sense or in the way of this world, which He has left behind, but nonetheless truly and actually. He acts as a King in His kingdom, a Master with His disciples, a faithful Shepherd with His flock, a Bridegroom with His bride, a Doctor with those who are ill, One who bestows discipline on those who need it.” (pg.13)