Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
Sign in
Books Books
" ... one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (for if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the... "
Directions for Studying: I. A General System Or Body of Divinity, II. The ... - Page 38
by Thomas Bennet - 1727 - 196 pages
Full view - About this book

A compleat collection of devotions, both publick and private [compiled by T ...

Complete collection, Thomas Deacon - 1734 - 292 pages
...to teach, not given to wine, no ftriker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not covetous ; one that ruleth well his own houfe, having...(for if a man know not how to rule his own houfe, how mall he take care of the church of God ? ) not a Novice, left being lifted up with pride, he fall into...
Full view - About this book

The confession of faith, the larger and shorter catechisms, with the ...

Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 pages
...covetous; v. 4. One that ruleth well his own houfe, having his children in lubjeftion with all gravity; vj (For if a man know not how to rule his own houfe, how (hall he take care of the church of God ?) v. 6. Not a novice, lell being lifted up •with pride,...
Full view - About this book

Secret Journal of a Self-observer: Or, Confessions and Familiar ..., Volume 2

Johann Caspar Lavater - Christian life - 1795 - 452 pages
...of fait k unfeigned. — The law is not made for righteous mat — The go/pel of the blejfed God — If a man know not how to rule his own houfe, how Jhall ie take care of God? — To keep the myjiery of faith in a good confcience — Every creature...
Full view - About this book

Sermons and Other Practical Works: Consisting of Above One Hundred ..., Volume 5

Ralph Erskine - Sermons - 1796 - 530 pages
...feveral Ufes. I. I ara firft to fpeak a little of the baitfe of God. The church is the houfe of God ; " If a man know not how to rule his own houfe, how fhall he take care of the church of God ?" i Tim. iii. 5. And it is fo called on feveral accounts : i. Goci is the builder of it ; " He that...
Full view - About this book

The Universalist's Miscellany, Or, Philanthropist's Museum, Volume 1

Universalism - 1797 - 572 pages
...character of a Chriftian Bifhop. " One that ruleth well his own houfe, having his children in fubjcction with all gravity ;" for if a man know not how to rule...take care of the church of God ? " Not a novice," not a young convert, left being lifted up of pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil," into...
Full view - About this book

The charge of ... Thomas-Lewis O'Beirne ... lord bishop of Ossory ..., Volume 15

Thomas Lewis O'Beirne (bp. of Meath.) - 1797 - 74 pages
...ruleth well bis own houfe, having bis children in JubjeSiion with all gravity; and he adds the reafon, 'for if a man know not how to rule 'his, own houfe, how fan he take care of the church of God? Here we have the groundwork of our ordination vow. It fuppofes...
Full view - About this book

An Essay on the Character of the Apostles and Evangelists: Designed to Prove ...

Richard Graves - Apostles - 1798 - 382 pages
...hofpitality, apt to " teach — one that ruleth well his own houfe, having his chil" dren in fubjeclion with all gravity ; for if a man know not " how to...houfe, how fhall he take care of the " church of God." Addrefiing Addreffing himfelf to the Theflalonians he has this remarkable appeal. — " Y For yourfelves...
Full view - About this book

The expository works, with other remains ... of Robert Leighton, Volume 2

Robert Leighton (abp. of Glasgow.) - 1798 - 500 pages
...paftor, i Tim. iii. 4. To be one that. rulctb well his own hovfe, having his children infubjeSlion ; for if a man know not how to rule his own houfe, how Jhall he take care of the Church of God ? Now this, therefore, more eminently appears in the fupretne...
Full view - About this book

A catechism and confession of faith, by R.B.

Robert Barclay - 1803 - 176 pages
...not a brawler, not covetous ; one that ruleth well his own houfe, having his children in fubjeftion with all gravity; for if a man know not how to rule...houfe, how fhall he take care of the church of God ? Nor a novice, left being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover,...
Full view - About this book

Vindication of the Presbyterian Form of Church Government: As Professed in ...

John Brown - Congregationalism - 1805 - 402 pages
...bifhop," or overfeer, " muft be one who " rules well his own houfe, having his children in fub" jectfcn with all gravity ; (for if a man know not how " to...houfe, how fhall he take care of the " church of God ?") Now it is evidently here affirmed, that a power, correfponding in fome meafure to that which is...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF