...There appears likewise to me a strong intimation of this duty, when it is said, " a bishop must be one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity, ; for, saith the apostle, if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church...

...désire thé office of a bishop, )•<• desireth a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, thé 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 lucre ; but patient, uot a brawler, not covetous...

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...the marginals in the English bible. DIRECTIONS FOR THK ECCLESIASTICAL STATE. I. To Teachers. A bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant,...to hospitality, apt to teach, not given to wine, no sticker, not carrying on a dishonest trade ; but patient, not quarrelsome, not covetous; one that ruleth...

...more intelligible would it have been, to Svo. ' have enquired whether they were "blameless, Husbands " of one Wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given...to Hospitality, apt to teach, not given to Wine, no " Strikers, not greedy ofjilthy Lucre, Patient, not " Brawlers, not covetous ? Whether they ruled well...

...the apostle Paul treats at large in writing to Timothy (I Epist. chap. iii. ver. 2 — 7), " A bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, pitality, apt to teach : not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre," that is moderate,...

...the apostle Paul treats at large in writing to Timothy (1 Epist. chap. iii. ver. 2 — 7), " A bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospital ity,. pitality, apt to teach : not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre,"...

...saying, If a man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work. A Bishop then must be blameles* the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach, hot given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not brawler, not covetous ;...

...honourable among all men. Marriage Service. * A bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife ; one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity. 1 Tim. iii. 2, 4. Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses...

...This is a true saying, If a 201 204 man desire the office' of-- a Bishop, he desireth a good work. A Bishop then must be blameless, the husband: of one...striker, not greedy of filthy lucre ; but patient, not a;brawler, not covetous ; one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with...