| Pierre Bayle - Biography - 1826 - 494 pages
...particle. Neither do I mean the rigid exactness of those scru* 1 Epist. to Timothy, c. iii. v. 2. " A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach.*' 12 4 pulous pedantic grammarians, who had rather spend... | |
| 1802 - 374 pages
...in faith and charity, and holiness with sobriety. CHAP. III. ffow bishops &c. should be qualified. THIS is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given... | |
| Philip Doddridge - Theology - 1802 - 626 pages
...continued the exercise. Then Mr. Watson of Leicester preached a suitable sermon from 1 Tim. iii. 1 . This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he dcsireth a good work. Mr. Norris of Welfare! then read the call of the church, of which I declared... | |
| Philip Doddridge - 1802 - 644 pages
...continued the exercise. Then Mr. Watson of Leicester preached a suitable sermon from 1 Tim. iii. 1 . This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he dcsireth a good work. Mr. Norris of Welford then read the call of the church, of which I declared my... | |
| 1804 - 476 pages
...they continue in faith, and charity, and holiness, with sobriety. CHAP. III. OF BISHOPS AND DEACONS. THIS is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given... | |
| Philip Doddridge, Andrew Kippis - Bible - 1807 - 614 pages
...Hinckley prayed before sermon. Then Mr. Watson of Leicester preached a discourse from 1 Timothy iiL 1. " This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work." After this, the call of the church was read by Mr. Norris of Welford; and when Mr. Doddridge had declared... | |
| Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...ourselves disorderly among you. Ver. 9. We make ourselves an ensample to you to follow us. 1 Tim. iii. 1. If a man desire the office of a bishop he desireth a good work. Ver. 2. A. bishop must be blameless, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality. Ver.... | |
| George Campbell - Church history - 1807 - 530 pages
...and from whom he drew a considerable stipend, or revenue. The apostle's maxim was a maxim no longer. "If a man " desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work." Many then desired the office of a bishop, if without absurdity we can say so, who desired no work at... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...continuance (of that sex, as well as the other) in faith, charity, and holiness with sobriety. III. 1 If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. If a man desire the office of public teaching and governing the Chnrch, he desireth a work, that is... | |
| Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 636 pages
...ground. Ver. 8. So they read in the book, in the law of God distinctly, — . 158. k 1 Tim. iii. 2. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Ver. 6. Not a novice, lest, being lifted up with pride,... | |
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