 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 572 pages
...17. clause 2. 6 Walk in wisdom toward theni that »re without, redeeming the Col. iv.5. Moreover, ne must have a good report of them which are without...he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil, 1 Tim. iii. 7. VER. 13. Où 6íXa> Sí i/uñí iy¡'.í~l, ôîlX^w!, VCfl TWV xsxotjunjuÉvorv, iva... | |
 | John Milton - 1825 - 794 pages
...while in particular instances both these functions were united. 1 Tim. iii. 2. apt to teach. v. 5. if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God? v. 17. let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour... | |
 | Josiah Hopkins - 1825 - 322 pages
...his Epistle to Timothy, to which he adds, . alter having told us that a Bishop must be blameless, " Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride, he...into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover he must be of good report of them which are without, lest he fall into reproach, and the snare of the devil."... | |
 | Richard Cecil - 1825 - 488 pages
...ruleth well his own house, having hie children in subjection with all gravity : for if a vot. in. 40 man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the Church of God? V. BY MEDDLING, BEYOND YOUR SPHERE, IN TEMPORALS. Your aim and conversation, like your sacred call,... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1825 - 560 pages
...Concerning ruling the Church, we have the following passages. A Bishop must be one, that rulelh well in his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity. For if a man know not how lo rule his own house, how shall he take care of the Church of God? 1 Tim. iii. 2, 4, 5. Let the Elders,... | |
 | George Townsend - 1825 - 808 pages
...(For if a man know not how to rule his own bouse, how shall he take care of the church of God ?) 6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without ; lest he fall into reproach, and the... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1825 - 632 pages
...are on the lower ground. There is very great reason in Paul's advice for the choice of a bishop, " Not a novice ; lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil d." t Non tam anctoritatis fn disputandu, quara ratkmis momenta quaerenda sant. Cic/Nat. D. 1.9. Obest... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 630 pages
...learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ, Col. i. 7. Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil, 1 Tim. iii. 6. But .if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou ougbtestto behave thyself in the... | |
 | 1842 - 982 pages
...churches. See 1 Tim. iii. 4, 5, " A bishop must be one that ruleth well his own house, for if a man kuow not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God ?" Heb. xiii. 7, " Obey them that have the rule over you, who hare spoken unto you the word of God."... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1825 - 344 pages
...their own call, and all from their own feelings. As if to guard against this very evil, St. Paul says, Not a, novice; lest, being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil. For this vehemency springs in a great measure from spiritual pride, and leads to greater pride: till... | |
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One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all 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 he fall into the condemnation... 
