 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 behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach, not given to wine, no striker, not...  The Confession of Faith: Of the Christians Known by the Name of Mennonites ... - Page 169by Mennonites - 1837 - 461 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Leighton (Abp. of Glasgow), John Norman Pearson - Theology - 1825 - 636 pages
...bishop and pastor, to be 0724? that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection ; for if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God? 1 Tim. iii. 4. Now this, therefore, more eminently appears in the Supreme Lord of the Church : He rules... | |
 | George Townsend - Bible - 1825 - 810 pages
...covetous; 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 God ?) 6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - Bible - 1825 - 684 pages
...desireth the office of a Jiishop, he desireth a good work. A Bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given...to teach, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy ofjiüliy lucre ; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous ; one that ruleth welihis own house, having... | |
 | John Milton - Dogma - 1825 - 794 pages
...while in particular instances both these functions were united. 1 Tim. iii. 2. apt to teach. v. 5. if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God? v. 17. let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour... | |
 | Thomas Secker - Sermons, English - 1825 - 546 pages
...wives, be grave § : and that the higher clergy be such, as rule well their own houses, liaving their children in subjection with all gravity : for if a...man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he n. ..\<1 Ncpotian. $ 9. t Hieron. ad Nepotian. § 6. t 3 Tim. ii. 3. $ 1 Tim. iii. 8. 11. take care... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1825 - 436 pages
...should be advanced to stations of authority in the church. " A bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given...to teach, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy ofjilthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; one that ruleth well his own house, having... | |
 | Richard Cecil - Theology - 1825 - 488 pages
...ruleth well his own house, having hie children in subjection with all gravity : for if a vot. in. 40 man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the Church of God? V. BY MEDDLING, BEYOND YOUR SPHERE, IN TEMPORALS. Your aim and conversation, like your sacred call,... | |
 | John Owen - Puritans - 1826 - 640 pages
...exhort and convince the gaiusayers. 1 Tim. iii, 2 — 7. ' A bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given...filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous ; ohe that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity ; (for if... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Domestic relations - 1826 - 582 pages
...cherished the desire of such an office—" A bishop then," says the Almighty, " a bishop then must be— one that ruleth well his own house, having his children...gravity; for if a man know not how to rule his own house, horn shall he take care of the Church of God ?" The deacons, too, it seems, must be men " ruling their... | |
 | Richard Cecil - Theology - 1826 - 308 pages
...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 of God ? V. By meddling, beyond your sphere, in temporals. Your aim and conversation, like your sacred call,... | |
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