For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God ; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; holding fast the faithful... The fruits of reflection; or, Moral remembrances on various subjects - Page 17by Elizabeth Helme - 1809Full view - About this book
| Hervey Wilbur - 1823 - 144 pages
...bishop must be blameless, HS the steward of GOD : not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; But a lover of hospitality, a lover of goed men, sober, just, holy, temperate ; Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that... | |
| John Locke - 1824 - 522 pages
...bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God : not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine ; no striker, not given to filthy lucre, but a lover of...temperate ; holding fast the faithful word, as he hath been taught : that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort, and to convince the gainsayers.... | |
| John Locke - 1824 - 530 pages
...bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God : not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine ; no striker, not given to filthy lucre, but a lover of...temperate ; holding fast the faithful word, as he hath been taught : that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort, and to convince the gainsayers.... | |
| 1824 - 462 pages
...God : not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; 8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate ; 9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both... | |
| Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 602 pages
...be employed in some manner and degree for the same ends. In a bishop this qualification is required, that 'he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort, and to -convince gainsayers.' There is undoubtedly no warrant given to deacons in the Scriptures to preach.... | |
| 998 pages
...soon angry, nor given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; but a lover of hospital! ty, a lover of good men; sober, just, holy, temperate,...may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convince the gainsay ers." That as elders, they are " to feed the flock of God, taking the oversight... | |
| William Carpenter - 1825 - 572 pages
...Bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God ; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to winei no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; But a lover of...a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate. Tit. i. 7, 8. «So art the ways of every one that is greedy of gain ; which taketh away the life of... | |
| Josiah Hopkins - 1825 - 322 pages
...Bishop must be blameless as the steward of God ; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; but a lover of...lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate." a A similar account is given by the Apostle in his Epistle to Timothy, to which he adds, . alter having... | |
| William Carpenter - 1825 - 698 pages
...bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God ; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, ho(y, temperate. Tit. i. 7, 8. Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strängen... | |
| George Holden - 1825 - 544 pages
...12. 1 1 Tim..i. 3. a Titus iii. 10. bishop ought to be; "Holding fast the faithful word, as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers ;" and by the direction to Timothy; "the things that thou hast heard of... | |
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