...saying," 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,...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...

...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,...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...

...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 one wife, vigilant,...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...

...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 wife, vigilant,...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...

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...— 1 Tim. i. 4. 6. 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 (or modest) ; given to hospitality, apt to teach; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy...

...conformable to his preaching, should have nothing in it in common with that of the worldling; he should be "vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not covetous, one that rulclh well his own house,...

...the office of a 3 qu-ihfi ail..!.* .if bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must 2 ":er"' be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober,...given to hospitality, apt to teach; not given to wine, 3 no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre ; but patient ; not a brawler, not covetous ; one that ruleth...

...from the ministry too. For " a bishop," as the apostle saith, and so every other minister, " should be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober,...hospitality, apt to teach, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre, but patient; not a brawler, not covetous," 1 Tim. iii. 2, 3. Yea, " he must...

...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 of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach ; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy...