 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 lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous...  The General Baptist repository, and Missionary observer [afterw.] The ... - Page 411844Full view - About this book
 | Robert Southey - 1826 - 562 pages
...the teeth of the Apostle Paul, who tells us that a Bishop must be " the husband of one wife, . . . one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity ;"f. ..who says, " Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1826 - 562 pages
...made in the teeth of the Apostle Paul, who tells us that a Bishop must be "the husband of one wife, ...one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity ;"f. • .who says, " Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, rulingtheirchildren and their own... | |
 | Maria Stevens - 1826 - 526 pages
...demonstrate their diligence and zeal : " a bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife:" "one that x ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity :" " Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well."... | |
 | Richard Cecil - 1826 - 308 pages
...hearers will recollect enough of Scripture to tell you that you ought, like the Primitive Bishop, to be one, that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with att gravity : for if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the Church... | |
 | 1827 - 512 pages
...sobriety. This is a true saying ; If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one...but patient, not a brawler, not covetous ; one that rulethwell his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity ; (for if a man know not... | |
 | Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1802-1822) - 1827 - 522 pages
...to the ground. So they read in the book, in the law of God distinctly. — 158. kl Tim. iii. 2, 6. A bishop, then, must be blameless, the husband of...behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach ; not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride, ho fall into the condemnation of the devil. Eph. iv. 8 to... | |
 | Seth William Stevenson - 1827 - 928 pages
...vigilant, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach ; not gwen to wine, no striker, not greedy, but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; one that ruleth well his own (1) 1 Ep. ». ver. * and 3. (2) St. Man. xv 9. (3) St. Matt xnii. T.«, 7, 8, «, M, 11, 14, and 25.... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 638 pages
...grave, instead of that in the text. Among the qualifications of a bishop this is one, that " he rule well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity Likewise must the deacons be grave Likewise must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful... | |
 | 1828 - 580 pages
...the worldling: lie should bo "vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler,...having his children in subjection with all gravity." Now, my dear, she who is one flesh with such a man, ought to be penetrated, like him, with the high... | |
 | 1828 - 506 pages
...he should he " vigilant, sober, of good hehaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach, not given to filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not covetous,...having his children in subjection with all gravity." Now, my dear, she who is one flesh with such a man, ought to be penetrated, like him, with the high... | |
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