...and holiness with sobriety. CHAP. III. ffow bishops &c. should be 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 wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given...

...and charity, and holiness, with sobriety. CHAP. III. OF BISHOPS AND 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 wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given...

...and from whom he drew a considerable stipend, or revenue. The apostle's maxim was a maxim no longer. "If a man " desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work." Many then desired the office of a bishop, if without absurdity we can say so, who desired no work at all,...

...sermon. Then Mr. Watson of Leicester preached a discourse from 1 Timothy iiL 1. " This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work." After this, the call of the church was read by Mr. Norris of Welford; and when Mr. Doddridge had declared...

...ourselves disorderly among you. Ver. 9. We make ourselves an ensample to you to follow us. 1 Tim. iii. 1. If a man desire the office of a bishop he desireth a good work. Ver. 2. A. bishop must be blameless, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality. Ver....

...continuance (of that sex, as well as the other) in faith, charity, and holiness with sobriety. III. 1 If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. If a man desire the office of public teaching and governing the Chnrch, he desireth a work, that is...

...them die." AmenSERMON 78. THE OFFICE OF A BISHOP A GOOD WORK. / VIM. 111. \. This is a true saying, if a man desire the Office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work.\\ IT is agreeable to the common sense and common practice of mankind, that persons should be invested...

...must inquire into the qualifications of those who offer themselves to the work. Paul says to him, ' Jf a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, sober, of good behaviour, apt to teach, not given to wine, not a novice...

...before all the people, according as they have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. (£) If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, as the steward of God ; vigilant, and of good behaviour, sober, just,...

...continue in faith, and love, and holiness, with sobriety. CHAP. III. 1. This if a faithful sayjng, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 A bishop therefore must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant; prudent, of good behaviour,...