...this high trust. But the passage just quoted from 1 Tim. v. is absolutely conclusive on this point. Let the Elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labour in word and doctrine. Here the power of government in the Church is ascribed to Presbyters in...

...are called elders, which is a common name for men of authority in the church; lieuce the Apostle, " Let the elders that rule well *' be counted worthy of double honor; especial] j *' they who labor in word and doctrine." I Tim. v. 17. And as these men are associated...

...besides this gcivrnl MSP or'the word, it is a term of agin, in the church " M*lro»'B Er«i. CAT,' he says, Let the elders that rule -well be counted -worthy of double honour, especially those who labour in the -word and doctrine^ 1 Tim. v. 1 7. the double honour here...

...support of a delegated government of the church, great stress is laid on a passage in 1 Tim. v. 17. " Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in word and doctrine." The word, rule, in this place, is from the Greek root, Upoie-lvfti, which signifies...

...preached, or labored in word and doctrine ; and there were Elders who did not ; as when the Apostle says, " Let the Elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in word and doctrine."(l) From what immediately precedes this passage, it appears that the Elders who...

...these elders, or bishops, were teachers ? Loveg. By no means. That passage evidences the reverse : " Let the elders that rule well, be counted worthy of...especially they who labor in the word, and doctrine;" and we hear the word of direction given to the people respecting these ; " to know them who labor among...

...Timothy, were committed to gospel ministers as such ; your lordship mentions this verse there, which says, — Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, &c. I suppose your lordship doth not question whether it belongs to the office of a presbyter...

...the things which relate to their calling. Take a quotation from St. Paul's first epistle to Timothy, Let the elders that rule well, be counted worthy of...especially they who labor in the word and doctrine. . Against an elder receive not an accusation but before two or three witnesses. Here is the scriptural...

...things ? ' To whom therefore hath not been sown, from him wherefore should be reaped? 1 Tim. v. 17, 'Let the elders that rule well, be counted worthy of double honor ; especially they who labor in word and doctrine.' By these places we see, that recompense was given either by every one in particular...

...ruling ehlers, freed from embarrassment, rests upon a single passage of scripture. " Let the elders, who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in word and doctrine." (s) These words express a diversity in the exercises of the presbyterial office,...