A Church Without a Bishop: The Apostolical and Primitive Church, Popular in Its Government, and Simple in Its Worship

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Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1844 - Church history - 432 pages
 

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Page 131 - sober, of good behaviour, of good men, sober, just, holy, given to hospitality, apt to teach, temperate, holding fast the faithVs. 2. ful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort, and to convince the gainsayers. Vs. 8, 9. Not given to wine, no striker, A bishop must be blameless,
Page 134 - above mentioned, are used in the same passage to express the government of Christ, the chief Shepherd, over his people Israel. " Thou, Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda, for out of thee shall come a governor,
Page 134 - to feed, metaphorically, to cherish, to provide for, to rule, to govern. It expresses the office, and comprehends all the duties of a shepherd. This term the apostle uses in his exhortation to the presbyters of Ephesus at Miletus. " Take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Ghost hath made you bishops, to feed,
Page 131 - husband of one wife, one band of one wife, having faithful that ruleth well his own house, children, (who are) not accused having his children in subjection of riot, or unruly. V. 6. with, all gravity. For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God? Vs. 2, 4,5. Vigilant,
Page 126 - elders, of Ephesus. And to these same presbyters, when they had come, he says, in his affectionate counsel to them, " Take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Ghost hath made you bishops,
Page 239 - So absolute, indeed, was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled and was preserved by the Puritans ; and it was to this sect, whose principles appear so frivolous, and habits so ridiculous, that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution." Again,
Page 192 - that bishops have done it, so Christian emperors and princes usually have done it. And the people before Christian princes were, commonly did elect their bishops and priests. In the New Testament, he that is appointed to be a bishop or a priest, needeth no consecration by the Scripture; for election or appointing thereto is sufficient.
Page 223 - the same may be inferred by analogy, when he says, 'If a man desire the office of a bishop he desireth a good work; ' 'A bishop must be blameless,' &c.
Page 141 - the miraculous gifts of that age. So the converts at Samaria received the Holy Ghost, Acts 8: 17, and in the like manner, when Paul had laid his hands upon the Ephesian converts, the Holy Ghost came upon them, and they spake with tongues and prophesied, Acts 19 : 6. In the same sense is to be understood the gift,

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