...man would draw up a feigned letter, or introduce a supposititious fact. * No. III. Chap. iii. 2, 3. " A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good be. haviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach ; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy...

...able by sound doctrine both to exhort and convince the gaiusayers. 1 Tim. iii, 2 — 7. ' A bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant,...filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous ; ohe that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity ; (for if...

...particle. Neither do I mean the rigid exactness of those scru» 1 Epist. to Timothy, c. iii. v. 2. " A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one...good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach." pulous pedantic grammarians, who had rather spend three hours in mending a period, than let it pass...

...Neither do I mean the rigid exactness of those scru* 1 Epist. to Timothy, c. iii. v. 2. "A bishop theu must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant,...good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach." 12 4 i*d rather span tian let it pas i 3«ethod of acchr, as a man o: t _ ireer- ir * HAM, containin*...

...and why he calls it "a good work," is shown in what immediately follows: " For, (says he) a bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant,...good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach," &c. As therefore, (the apostle would say,) these are the works of a bishop, he that desireth the office...

...and why he calls it "a good work," is shown in what immediately follows: " For, (says he) a bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant,...good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach," &c. As therefore, (the apostle would say,) these are the works of a bishop, he that desireth the office...

...holiness with sobriety. This is a true saying ; If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband...but patient, not a brawler, not covetous ; one that rulethwell his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity ; (for if a man know not...

...to the ground. So they read in the book, in the law of God distinctly. — 158. kl Tim. iii. 2, 6. A bishop, then, must be blameless, the husband of...behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach ; not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride, ho fall into the condemnation of the devil. Eph. iv. 8 to...

...vigilant, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach ; not gwen to wine, no striker, not greedy, but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; one that ruleth well his own (1) 1 Ep. ». ver. * and 3. (2) St. Man. xv 9. (3) St. Matt xnii. T.«, 7, 8, «, M, 11, 14, and 25....

...qualified, kc. fl^HlS M a true saying, If a man i desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one...good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach ; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre ; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous...