 | Pierre Bayle - 1826 - 494 sider
...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 sider
...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... | |
 | 1804 - 476 sider
...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... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 sider
...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.... | |
 | Philip Doddridge, Andrew Kippis - 1807 - 614 sider
...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... | |
 | George Campbell - 1807 - 530 sider
...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 sider
...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 - 1810 - 636 sider
...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,... | |
 | Church of England - 1810 - 466 sider
...Tim. iii. 1. HPHIS is a true saying, If a JL man desire the office of a Bishop, hedesirethagoodwork. A Bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy... | |
 | Samuel Davies - 1810 - 390 sider
...them die." AmenSERMON 78. THE OFFICE OF A BISHOP A GOOD WORK. / VIM. 111. \. This is a true saying, if a man desire the Office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work.\\ IT is agreeable to the common sense and common practice of mankind, that persons should be invested... | |
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