...example, which is much to the present purpose. St. Paul, in the words of my text, declares to Titus, For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set ^n order the things that are wanting — or, are hitherto left undone — and ordain elders in every...

...is abundant evidence in the New Testament. We read of Paul and Barnabas in their travels that— " When they had ordained them elders in every Church,...fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed."f The former apostle, in his first Epistle to Timothy, speaks of his having received the...

...the faith, and saying, that we must, through much tribulation, enter into the kingdom of God. 23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church,...fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom 24 they believed. And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia. 25 And when...

...evidence that the apostles ordained elders in every church : — "And when they had ordained them ciders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they...commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed," Acts xiv. 23. The four texts show that there is no Scripture to authorise a bishop to or<lain , but...

...suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins : keep thyself pure. Acts xiv. 23. And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with tasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed. Acts xiii. 3. And when they had fasted...

...strong presumption against the supposition that they did so use it. The first is in Actsxiv. 23, " and when they had ordained them Elders in every church,...commended them to the Lord on whom they believed." Thesecondis in Titus i. 5, " for this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order...

...it has descended to us. Thus it is written concerning it in the Acts of the Apostles, xiv. 23. " And when they had ordained them elders in every church,...commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed." * Of the duty of pastors, we have already spoken under Section xxix. of this Part. And from the considerations...

...in the church. "And when they had ordained (" XttpoTorriaavTte'') them elders (" Hpca€vTfptis '") in every church, and had prayed, with fasting, they commended them to the Lord " (Acts chap. 14, ver 23). Here, the mode appears to be, that of praying, and their usual fasting,...

...again to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch, (iu Pisidia) confirming the souls of the disciples. And when they had ordained them elders in every church,...fasting, they commended them to the Lord on whom they had believed." Says Beza upon this text : ' In b every church they ordained elders, that is, 4 pastors,...

...at Ephesus — the powers of ordination and government : * For this cause,' says St. Paul to him, ' left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting ;' or, according to the marginal translation, the things that are left undone ; 'and ordain elders,'...