...of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.' 1 Timothy iii. 1 — 7. 'This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, &c.' 2 Timothy ii. 24, 25. ' And the servant of the Lord must not...

...edifying, &c. from which some having swerved, have turned aside unto vain jangling. — 1 Tim. i. 4. 6. If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work: a bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife ; vigilant, sober. of good behaviour (or modest)...

...SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, YE SHALL IN NO CASE ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN." "Tms is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work."* But, if it be good, it is also responsible and laborious, and can only be properly performed by much...

...long standing, and of such high honour and emolument, that it could have become a common adage, that " if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work;" many of the community having held that office in such a way as to render it necessary, in the election...

...before all others, feeling more powerfully the impulse of holy motives, more steadily resisting * " If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work," 1 Tim. iii. 1. The word desire occurs twice here ; but it is not the same word in the Greek in both...

...then Mr. Watson, of Leicester, preached a suitable sermon from 1 Tim. iii. 1, ' This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.' After the sermon Mr. Norris, of Welford, read the Call of the Church, of which I declared my Acceptance:...

...then Mr. Watson, of Leicester, preached a suitable sermon from 1 Tim. iii. 1, ' This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.' After the sermon Mr. Norris, of-Welford, read the Call of the Church, of which I declared my Acceptance:...

...great particularity the qualifications of ministers of the word. He says, " This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given...

...ministers. I do not consider all as forward, who seek to be overseers of the flock of Christ; for, ' if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.' But accept no candidate for this office, unless he ' be blameless, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour,'...

...qualification — " This is a true saying" (his peculiar mark of emphasis, i. 15. iv. 9. 2 Tim. ii. 11.) " If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work."f The apostle evidently intends to mark a constraining desire, an excitement much beyond that...