...prefcribing. Obferve the following words : " In meeknefs inftructing thofe " that oppofe themfelves, if God peradventure will " give them repentance, to the acknowledging of the " truth." Then not fining, plundering, beating, flocking, imprifoning, banifhing and killing, even oppofers themfelves,...

...gentle unto all ?nen, apt to teach, patient, 25 In meeknefs inftrudling thofe that oppofe thetnfelves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth } 103 26 And that they may recover themfelves out of the fhare of the devil, who are taken captive...

...Timothy ch. ii, v. 25 and 26, he fays — ' In meeknefs in' ftrucYmg thofe that oppofe themfelves ; if God ' peradventure will give them repentance to the * acknowledging of the truth (did he himfelf adt * thus in the cafe of Elymus, Hymeneus, or * Alexander ?) and that they may recover...

...servant of the lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach (not to strike) patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves,...God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledgement of the truth that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil who are...

...reviled, and abused in scurrilous pamphlets ; but we hope still we shall be enabled to goon undismayed, " in meekness, instructing those that oppose themselves,...them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth." " \Ve entertain no doubt respecting the goodness and importance of the cause we are engaged in. if...

...13.) and " the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves,...them repentance, to the acknowledging of the truth." These directions to those who embark in controversy, are too frequently forgotten by polemical writers;...

...strifes ; and the servant of God must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves,...God peradventure will give them repentance to the ackiiowleging of the truth." " He taught publicly, and from house to house, testifying repentance toward...

...occasion of offence, where there is none : let them learn of their great Master in meekness, to instruct those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging cf the 44, 45 truth ; (2 Tim. ii. 25.) Our Lord expressly asserts the necessity of being taught and...

...upon this encouragement that St. Paul recommends the ufe of proper means to reclaim the obftinate : if God, peradventure, will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. 2 Tim. ii. 25. Regeneration alfo, in which faith and repentance and other graces are implanted, is...

...gentle towards all men, patient, and apt to teach, in meeknefs inftructing thofe that oppofe themfelves, if God, peradventure, will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth ; that they may be faved." I fhall only add here, that another and moft important mean to be ufed is...