 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...  A Catechism and Confession of Faith: Approved and Agreed Unto, by the ... - Seite 43von Robert Barclay - 1843 - 129 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1828 - 588 Seiten
...III. THIS zj a true saying. If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desire th a good work. с 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given W Jioe, apt to teach; 339 /) 3 Not £ÍVÍH in \vino, no striker, not greedy of filthy luci-i:; but... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 Seiten
...vain jangling. — 1 Tim. i. 4. 6. If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work: a bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife ; vigilant, sober. of good behaviour (or modest) ; given to hospitality, apt to teach; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy... | |
 | William Lothian - 1828 - 580 Seiten
...mentioned as one of the qualifications of a christian pastor, that he should be "the husband of one wife, one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity?" (1 Tim. iii. 4.) Yet the Roman Catholics, with gross effrontery, charge the Protestants with corrupting... | |
 | James Nourse - 1829 - 292 Seiten
...the office of a 3 qu-ihfi ail..!.* .if bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must 2 ":er"' be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober,...given to hospitality, apt to teach; not given to wine, 3 no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre ; but patient ; not a brawler, not covetous ; one that ruleth... | |
 | John Flowerdew Colls - 1829 - 344 Seiten
...duties would he grant any office in the Church. " If a man desire the office of a bishop, he must be one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; for if a man knew not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the Church of God ? . . . . Let the deacons... | |
 | William Russell Macdonald - 1829 - 286 Seiten
...sober," &c. Ver. 3. — •" Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre," &c. 4. — " One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity." 5. — " (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the CHURCH of... | |
 | William Paley - 1830 - 358 Seiten
...man would draw up a feigned letter, or introduce a supposititious fact.* No. III. Chap. iii. 2, 3. ' A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one...not covetous ; one that ruleth well his own house.' ' No striker : ' That is the article which I single out from the collection as evincing the antiquity... | |
 | James Cossar Ewart - 1830 - 494 Seiten
...Syria, and at Antioch, where the remembrance of the commands of St. Paul were not forgotten : he said, " A Bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one...a brawler, not covetous ; one that ruleth well his mm house, having his children in subjection with all gravity ; (for if a man know not how to rule his... | |
 | Church of England - 1830 - 548 Seiten
...from the ministry too. For " a bishop," as the apostle saith, and so every other minister, " should be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober,...hospitality, apt to teach, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre, but patient; not a brawler, not covetous," 1 Tim. iii. 2, 3. Yea, " he must... | |
 | 1839 - 512 Seiten
...He says, " 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 wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach ; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy... | |
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