...meretricious verse the theme demands, But thus in native parity it stands: Titus i. 7 — 9. A pastor must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed,...soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given 1o filthy lucre; but a lover of hospiialify, a lover of good men; sober, just, holy, temperate; holding...

...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 botli to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. 10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers,...

...childf$n> not accused of riot, or unruly ; for a bishop must be blameless as the steward of God, n«(t selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre, but a /o$ff of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate-f-." Titus, chap. it. 6 —...

..."faithful men, who "shall be able to teach others also. Holding fast the "faithful word, (says the apostle) as he hath been "taught, that he may be able, by sound...doctrine, both "to exhort and to convince the gainsayers." Surely none but men of grace, of abilities, and of good education, as well as of known and approved...

...teach others also."* " A bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God, holding fast the Jaithful word, as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convince gainsay crs, whose mouths must be stopped. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in...

...truths of God. Therefore we are commanded to hold fast the faithful word as we have been taught, that we may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers : " for there are many unruly and vain talkers, and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision...

...again repeated to the apostolical bishop of the Cretians — A bishop must be blameless, as the servant of God; not self-willed; not soon angry ; not given to wine ; no striker. (Tit. i. 7.) The steward of Christ's household, or the Christian bishop, is invested with an authority...

...blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly ; for a bishop must be blameless as the steward of God,...hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperatef." Titus, chap. i. 6—8. The most natural account which can be given of these resemblances,...

...not given to .wine, no striker, not gi" ven to filthy lucre.: but a lover of hospitality, a lo" ver of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate $ ".holding...doctrine, " both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. "For there are :many unruly and vain talkers and " deceivers, especially they of the circumcision,...

...speaking, and acting. " Holy" — pure in heart — cleansed from every filthiness of flesh and spirit. " Temperate" — " holding fast the faithful word as...may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convince the gainsayers ;" — the champion of faith, as it is in Christ Jesus. (Compare, with the...