 | Edward Irving - 1828 - 820 pages
...Another instance of the like kind is in 1 Tim. iii. 6, 7, where it is required of a bishop, that he be not a novice, lest, being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil, or accuser; and, in the next verse, he must have a good report of them which are without, lest he fall... | |
 | William Russell Macdonald - 1829 - 286 pages
..." One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity." 5. — " (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the CHURCH of GOD ?)" 6. — " Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil."... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1829 - 444 pages
...covetous ; d 4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in suhj ection with all gravity ; 5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) p 6 Not a novice, lest heing lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover,... | |
 | William Jay - 1829 - 592 pages
...and judgment in a case so plain and momentous, tells how unqualified he is for other matters — " For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the Church of God ?" DEC. 29. — " Though He slay me, yet will I trust in him." Job xiii. 15. THIS is a noble resolution.... | |
 | John Flowerdew Colls - 1829 - 344 pages
...duties would he grant any office in the Church. " If a man desire the office of a bishop, he must be one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; for if a man knew not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the Church of God ? . . . . Let the deacons... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 554 pages
...often taken. However the circumstances shew that he did it. Arg. xvin. From 1 Tim. iii. 4, 5. 12. " One that ruleth well his own house, having his children...house, how shall he take care of the church of God : let the deacons be the husbands of one wife : ruling their children and their own houses well." Here... | |
 | Henry Drummond - 1830 - 192 pages
...husbands, fathers, and masters, apply with tenfold force to a minister, since God says, "A bishop must be one that ruleth well his own house, having his children...house, how shall he take care of the Church of God ?" The deacons, too, it seems, must be men " ruling their children and their own house well;" not indifferently,... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 512 pages
...often taken. However the circumstances shew that he did it. Arg. xvin. From 1 Tim. iii. 4, 5. 12. " One that ruleth well his own house, having his children...house, how shall he take care of the church of God : let the deacons be the husbands of one wife : ruling their children and their own houses well." Here... | |
 | James Cossar Ewart - 1830 - 494 pages
...not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous ; one that ruleth well his mm house, having his children in subjection with all...house, how shall he take care of the Church of God' £") Chrysostom, by his power as Archbishop, had deposed some of the Bishops. Conscious of his i 1... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1830 - 566 pages
...must be one, that ruleih well in his own house, having his children in subjection with all gra-ity. For. if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the Church of God.' 1 Tim. iii. 2, 4, 5. Let the Elders, who rule well, be counted worthy of double hon~ our; especially... | |
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... (for if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God... 
