 | William Jones - Albigenses - 1819 - 626 pages
...(literally »ir*::rsr hishops.) Similar to this is a passage in Titus, chap. i. 5. " For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the...that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city." Ver. 7 " For a hishop must be blameless." In like manuer the apostle Peter, 1 Epist. v. 1. " The elders... | |
 | James Murray - Dissenters - 1819 - 386 pages
...ordained the first Bishop of theCretians; and Paul says to him, " For this cause have I left thee at Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain Elders in every church, as- I had appointed thee: if any man be blameless; fora Bishop must be blameless, as the steward... | |
 | Theology, Doctrinal - 1819 - 488 pages
...commended them to the Lord on whom they believed b. For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldst set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee : If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - Sermons, American - 1819 - 616 pages
...ministers are spoken of in Titus i. 5 — 7. For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldst set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain Elders in every City, as I had appointed thee. If any be blameless ; the husband of one wife ; having faithful children; not accused... | |
 | James Murray - Dissenters - 1819 - 388 pages
...Bishop of theCretians; and Paul says to him, " For this cause have I left thee at Crete, that ihou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain Elders in every church, as- I had appointed thee: if any man be blameless; fora Bishop must be blameless, as the steward... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1820 - 278 pages
...expressly charges him "to do the work of an evangelist." Paul writes to Titus, "for this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the...are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee." Tit. i. 5. In remarking on this text, you speak of the "acknowledged fact, that... | |
 | Church of England articles - 1821 - 234 pages
...confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. 1 Cor, xiv. 40, 26, 33. For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting. Tit. i. 5. The rest will I set in order when I come. 1 Cor, xi. 34. b Obey them that have the rule... | |
 | George D'Oyly - 1821 - 460 pages
...Apostle of Jesus Christ,) left thec (Titus) in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order (or, correct,) the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee. In which words we have these three parts : — First. The erection of a power in... | |
 | John Pearson (bp. of Chester.) - 1822 - 576 pages
...send others, saying to Timothy, " Lay hands suddenly on no man," and to Titus, " For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the...are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee." Thus by virtue of an apostolical ordination, there is for over to be continued... | |
 | Joshua Dixon (of Leeds.) - 1822 - 250 pages
...What is the peculiar office of a hishop ? 1. To ordain preshyters and deacons. For this canse left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the...are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee. Tit. i, 5. 2. To superintend the doctrine of these ministers. As ) hesought thee... | |
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For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot,... 
