 | New Church gen. confer - 1872 - 634 pages
...like to know if subjection with all gravity, for if a man that person is not a witness for Christ." know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the Church of MARRIAGE or THE CLERGY.— A blow God ?' (1 Tim. iii. 4, 5). Such a the has been struck at the doctrine... | |
 | John Kingston - Sin, Original - 1814 - 472 pages
...or Deacon be one that ruleth well his own house, having his children, and every part of his family, in subjection with all gravity : for if a man know not how to rule his own house, now shall he take care of the church of God? 1 Tim. iii. 4, 5, 11. " Early in life Mr. Fletcher was... | |
 | Bible - 1815 - 294 pages
...given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre ; but patient ; not a brawler, not covetous : one that ruleth well his own house, having his children...a novice, lest being lifted up with pride, he fall int» the condemnation of the devil. Moreover, he must have a good report of them which are without;... | |
 | Gamaliel Smith Olds - Clergy - 1815 - 216 pages
...not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient; not a brawler, not covetous; one that ruleth well his own house, having his children...subjection with all gravity; for if a man know not hoiv to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of GOD? not a norice, lest being lifted... | |
 | 1815 - 608 pages
...rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; .5. For if a man knows not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God? 6. Not a novice, lest, being puffed up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7. Moreover,... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - Theology - 1816 - 664 pages
...hearers will recollect enough of Scripture to tell you that you ought, like the Primitive Bishop, to be one, that ruleth well his own house, having his children...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,... | |
 | Robert Nelson - Bishops - 1816 - 482 pages
...it, we shall still find him acted by principles of true piety ; and indeed, as the apostle observeth, If a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God ? If he hath not a tine concern for the souls of his wife and children and servants, and doth not make... | |
 | Job Orton - Families - 1816 - 148 pages
...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 of God,"* or (as it is elsewhere expressed by the same word) rule it well, as applied to the elders or bishops... | |
 | Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends - 1867 - 710 pages
...of such who allow undue liberties in their own children and familii-s. 'If a man,' said the apostle, 'know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God.'" It has been a cause of sorrow to observe, that in some meetings, those are occasionally appointed to... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 616 pages
...even pride. That pride was in a peculiar manner the devil's sin, is manifest from 1 Tim. iii.ti. " Not a novice, lest, being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil." False and delusive experiences evermore tend to this, though oftentimes under the disguise of great... | |
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