...Gentile Chriftians ; that denies all Entertainment to the Mini/ten fent by us, to your Church, and 10 Wherefore if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating againft us with malicious words : and not content therewith ; neither doth he himft'f receive the brethren,...

...iii. 21, 1 8. That it hinders men from performing the Duty of Chriftian Charity, one towards another ; Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not, 3 Joh. 9. Laftly, that in the execution of the Offices of Chriftian Authority, it turns men from a...

...in his third epiftle : I wrote unto the church. But Diotrepbes, who faveth to have the pre-eminence, receiveth us not. Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds -which he does, prating againft us with malicious words. Thefe, and other caufes there are of the offenfes of...

...of ourfelves b and others c, by reufting all thoughts and purpofes d, fubduing all paffions church : but Diotrephes. who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not. Luke xxii. 24. And there was alfo a ftrife a mong them, which of them (hould be accounted the greateft....

...truth." Ver. 9. I wrote to the church. Or I fiould have writ to the church, and therein to Diotrephes. But Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not. " I know, he would not pay a regard to my directions." Ver. J 0. Wherefore, if I come, I will remember...

...one from his place, even all rt!e illes of the heathen. — 3 John, ver. 9. " I wrote uifw^he church, but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not." And if it lead men. to a6\ the part of lords over mens conferences. (7.) If it fliun the light. John...

...the Apostle John, writing to Gaius, says — " I wrote unto the Church : but Diotrephes, who lovcth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us...malicious words, and not content therewith, neither doth ho himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth out of the Church !" (3...

...recommend certain travellers to the hofpitality of Caius : and he fays, ver, 9. ' I wrote unto the church, but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not.' Hence it appears that St. John, before he wrote to Caius, had • already fent a letter of recommendation...

...the (burch (faid John) : but Diotrephis, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, reccivet^us not. Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating againft us isith malicious words ; and not content there-joith, neither doth he bimfelf receive the...

...church. I wrote unto the church," saith he to Gains, concerning the reception of stranger evangelists: "but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not. If I come I will remember his deeds, which he doth, prating against us with malicious words: and not...