 | Henry Budd - 1841 - 820 страници
...office, when considered as a compensation for the trammels of it. " This is " indeed " a true saying, If a man desire the office of a Bishop he desireth a good work." 1 Tim. iii. 1. But then, he must seek it as " a good work," and as an eminent opportunity of benefiting... | |
 | 1841 - 730 страници
...saying," by one who was himself a pattern and a model for all succeeding ministers of Christ, that " if a man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work." But we are forcibly reminded, by the able volume before us, of the change which the interval of ages... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 568 страници
...First: The office of the ministry is ihe most desirable office in the world. " This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work." There is no office that can be more desirable than this. It is every way suited to gratify all the... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 590 страници
...First: The office of the miniatry is the most desirable office in the world. " This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work." There is no office that can be more desirable than this. It is every way suited to gratify all the... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 страници
...edifying, &c. from which some having swerved, have turned aside unto vain jan«-linf. —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... | |
 | Thomas Bilson (bp. of Winchester.) - 1842 - 588 страници
...service than a sovereignty in the church of Christ, as Origen noteth ; and as Jerome saith, " If any man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work ; (if he desire) the work, not the dignity ; the pains, not the ease ; the labour whereby he should... | |
 | Edward Bouverie Pusey - 1843 - 416 страници
...and to our salvation, through Christ Jesus our Lord, with Whom, &c. HOMILY X. 1 TIM. iii. 1, 2, 3, 4. 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, given... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1843 - 106 страници
...in the New Testament where mention is made of the Bishops, as 1 Tim. iii. " This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work," &c. And thus proving the Bishop, and taking for granted that the seven men chosen at Jerusalem to serve... | |
 | 1884 - 598 страници
...RECOGNITION OF MR. HB BERRY, AS PASTOR OF THE CHURCH AT ALDRINGHAM, SUFFOLK. " This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work"—l Tim. iii. 1. THE wisdom of the Apostles is God's perpetual gift to the Church. Writing and... | |
 | Saint John Chrysostom - 1843 - 448 страници
...continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety. HOMILY X Page 76. 1 Tim. iii. 1, 2, 8, 4. 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, given... | |
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This is a true saying. If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 
