...of good men, •sober i just, holy, temperate; holding fast the faithful word as he had been taught: able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers? » Titus i. 7, 8, y. 159 Conclusion* {CLOUDS and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment...

...be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unrulyFor a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God...lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate," or chaste, "holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine...

...blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of ririi'y^Of unruly. For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God...lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate," or chaste, "holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine...

...such elders in every city, as hold fast the faithful word, as they had been taught, that they might be able by sound doctrine, both to exhort, and to convince the gainsayers. And this is agreeable to reason, as well as Scripture. In affairs of less concern, and importance,...

...iinreprvoable, tmreprovabk, the husband of one wife, watching, temperate, modest, harbarous, apt to teach, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, no fighter, not covetous, one that can Yule his own house honestly. He may not be a young scholar,...

...be 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, temperate0. And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church, and said unto...

...perhaps come faithful Minister of the Gospel may conclude the story, by saying, that he was a Bishop " blameless, as the steward of God ; not self-willed,...given to filthy lucre ; but a lover of hospitality, a lorer of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate: holding fast the faithful word as he had been taught...

...be 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,...given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre." It appears exceedingly plain to an unlearned reader, that this Elder and Bishop are the very same office,...

...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. But there...

...27th and 28th of June. Mr. Toms preached on Wednesday evening at the Old Meeting, from 'Iltus i. 9 : " Holding fast the faithful word, as he hath been taught,...doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers." The object of the venerable preacher was to shew that the epithet sound, though applied to doctrine,...