 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly ; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind : neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd...  The Christian Observer - Page 3621832Full view - About this book
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 572 pages
...considering the end of their conversation, Heb. xiii. 7. Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly ; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being eneamples to the flock, 1 Pet. v.... | |
 | George Townsend - 1825 - 808 pages
...a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed : 2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly ; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind ; 3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. 4 And... | |
 | Baptists - 1825 - 806 pages
...Evangelist. , Rev. E. West preached from 1 Pet. v. 3. I " Feed the flock of God which is among i you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly ; not for filthy lucre, but of л ready mind." Rev. bevi Baldwin offered the ordaining prayer ; wicked ministère, who, pretending... | |
 | Baptists - 1825 - 422 pages
...needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. He takes the oversight of the Hock, not by constraint but willingly ; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; neither as being a lord over God's heritage, but being an ensample to the flock. Such an... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1825 - 344 pages
...popularity, will not then warp their minds; but they will feed the flock of God, taking the oversight of it, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; neither at being lords over GocCs heritage, but as examples to the Jlock: and, when the... | |
 | Richard Hooker - Church polity - 1825 - 656 pages
...diligent in his [i ivt. vocation, feeding the flock of God which dependeth upon him, caring for it, " not by constraint, but willingly ; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind ;" not as though he would tyrannize over God's heritage, but as a pattern unto 'the flock,... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - Bible - 1825 - 682 pages
...Christianity is not chargeable. The ministers of the Gospel are required to feed the flock of God, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly, not for filthy lucre, 6irf of a ready mind. (1 Pet. v. 2.) " The question is, on what footing does the New Testament establish... | |
 | 874 pages
...As the place presented to me a prospect of usefulness, I complied with the invitation. This I did, ' not by constraint, but willingly ; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind.' " Never was there a passage of Scripture quoted more appropriately, or in a case more... | |
 | John Smith - 1825 - 28 pages
...the ministry which you have received of the Lord, that you fulfil it. Take the charge of this flock, not by constraint, but willingly ; not for filthy lucre ; but of a ready mind. Let no sinister motives at any time govern your conduct, but be ever influenced hy pure... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - Sermons, English - 1826 - 356 pages
...over another fold, that he may, there, gather the lambs in his arms, and feed the flock of God, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly, not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind. Such are supposable cases. More I dare not say in this place. Though many, now present,... | |
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