 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 lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; one that ruleth well...  The First Prayer-book of Edward VI: Compared with the Successive Revisions ... - Page 454by Church of England, Edward VI (King of England) - 1877 - 565 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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...good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach.*' 12 4 pulous pedantic grammarians, who had rather spend three hours in mending a period, than let it... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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...gravity ; for if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the Church of God ? 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,...to teach, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy ofjilthy. lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous, one that ruleth well his own house, having... | |
 | 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...good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Ver. 6. Not a novice, lest, being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil.... | |
 | 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,...not covetous ; one that ruleth well his own house." " No striker .•" That is the article which I single out from the collection as evincing the antiquity... | |
 | John Brown - 1812 - 338 pages
...his family ; for says Paul ( 1 Tim. iii. 4, 5), " a bishop," or overseer, " must be one who rules " well his own house, having his children in subjection...gravity ; (for if a man know not how to rule his own " house, how shall he take care of the church of God ?") Now it is evidently here affirmed, that a... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 378 pages
...not greedy of filthy lucre ; but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men ; one that ruleth \vell his own house, having his children in subjection with...gravity ; (for if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride,... | |
 | James Wood - 1813 - 632 pages
...watch over, care for, and instruct the people. No man wae to be ad* mitted to the office, except he wae blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober,...to hospitality, apt to teach: not given to wine, no etriker, not I greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, 2 A not a brawler, nor covetous, 1 Tim Ш. Tit.... | |
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