| Pierre Bayle - 1826 - 494 pages
...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 wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach.*' 12 4 pulous pedantic grammarians, who had rather spend... | |
| 1802 - 374 pages
...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 to hospitality, apt to teach ; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy... | |
| 1804 - 476 pages
...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 to hospitality, apt to teach ; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy... | |
| Church of England - 1810 - 466 pages
...Tim. iii. 1. HPHIS is a true saying, If a JL man desire the office of a Bishop, hedesirethagoodwork. A Bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy... | |
| Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 pages
...ground. Ver. 8. So they read in the book, in the law of God distinctly, — . 158. k 1 Tim. iii. 2. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Ver. 6. Not a novice, lest, being lifted up with pride,... | |
| William Paley - 1810 - 406 pages
...in those who should be advanced to stations of authority in the church. ..• ..•-'. Y2 " A bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy ofjilthy.... | |
| William Paley - 1812 - 586 pages
...passage before us, the selection and reserve which St. Paul recom. No. III. Chap. iii. 2, 3. " A bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach ; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy... | |
| 1814 - 570 pages
...these things. THIS is a true saying, If a man desire the offiee 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 to hospitality, apt to teaeh ; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy... | |
| Gamaliel Smith Olds - 1815 - 216 pages
...presbyter. " This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he deaireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy... | |
| 1815 - 294 pages
...declare unto you all the counsel of God. If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach ; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy... | |
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