 | Thomas Smyth - 1841 - 138 pàgines
...constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind. 1 Tim. iii, 1-7. 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... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 570 pàgines
...First: The office of the ministry is the most desirable office in the world. " This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work." There is no office that can be more desirable than this. It is every way suited to gratify all the... | |
 | 1842 - 588 pàgines
...our Lord. Amen. 1 And another Bishop shall read The Epistle. \ Tim. iii. 1. T^HIS ia a true say ins, If a man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work. A Bishop then onutbeblameleaa.the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 pàgines
...edifying, &c. from which some having swerved, have turned aside unto vain jan«-linf. —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... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 568 pàgines
...First: The office of the ministry is ihe most desirable office in the world. " This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work." There is no office that can be more desirable than this. It is every way suited to gratify all the... | |
 | Thomas Bilson (bp. of Winchester.) - 1842 - 588 pàgines
...service than a sovereignty in the church of Christ, as Origen noteth ; and as Jerome saith, " If any man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work ; (if he desire) the work, not the dignity ; the pains, not the ease ; the labour whereby he should... | |
 | Edward Bouverie Pusey - 1843 - 416 pàgines
...and to our salvation, through Christ Jesus our Lord, with Whom, &c. HOMILY X. 1 TIM. iii. 1, 2, 3, 4. 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... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1843 - 106 pàgines
...in the New Testament where mention is made of the Bishops, as 1 Tim. iii. " This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work," &c. And thus proving the Bishop, and taking for granted that the seven men chosen at Jerusalem to serve... | |
 | Saint John Chrysostom - 1843 - 448 pàgines
...continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety. HOMILY X Page 76. 1 Tim. iii. 1, 2, 8, 4. 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... | |
 | 1843 - 726 pàgines
...Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons,"' Phil. i. 1 . "This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a a good work," 1 Tim. iii. 1. We respectfully solicit that our ministerial brethren throughout the kingdom... | |
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This is a true saying. If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 
