 | 1802 - Страниц: 374
...and holiness with sobriety. CHAP. III. ffow bishops &c. should be qualified. THIS is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given... | |
 | 1804 - Страниц: 476
...and charity, and holiness, with sobriety. CHAP. III. OF BISHOPS AND DEACONS. THIS is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given... | |
 | George Campbell - 1807 - Страниц: 530
...and from whom he drew a considerable stipend, or revenue. The apostle's maxim was a maxim no longer. "If a man " desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work." Many then desired the office of a bishop, if without absurdity we can say so, who desired no work at... | |
 | Philip Doddridge, Andrew Kippis - 1807 - Страниц: 614
...sermon. Then Mr. Watson of Leicester preached a discourse from 1 Timothy iiL 1. " This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work." After this, the call of the church was read by Mr. Norris of Welford; and when Mr. Doddridge had declared... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - Страниц: 550
...ourselves disorderly among you. Ver. 9. We make ourselves an ensample to you to follow us. 1 Tim. iii. 1. If a man desire the office of a bishop he desireth a good work. Ver. 2. A. bishop must be blameless, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality. Ver.... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - Страниц: 582
...continuance (of that sex, as well as the other) in faith, charity, and holiness with sobriety. III. 1 If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. If a man desire the office of public teaching and governing the Chnrch, he desireth a work, that is... | |
 | Samuel Davies - 1810 - Страниц: 390
...them die." AmenSERMON 78. THE OFFICE OF A BISHOP A GOOD WORK. / VIM. 111. \. This is a true saying, if a man desire the Office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work.\\ IT is agreeable to the common sense and common practice of mankind, that persons should be invested... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1811 - Страниц: 132
...must inquire into the qualifications of those who offer themselves to the work. Paul says to him, ' Jf a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, sober, of good behaviour, apt to teach, not given to wine, not a novice... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1812 - Страниц: 378
...before all the people, according as they have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. (£) If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, as the steward of God ; vigilant, and of good behaviour, sober, just,... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1813 - Страниц: 550
...First, The office of the ministry, is the most desir* able office in the world. "This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work." There is no office that can be more desirable than this. It is every way suited to gratify all the... | |
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This is a true saying. If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 
