| Reformed Church in America - 1815 - 290 pages
...flock. Be an example of believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. Give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Neglect not the gift that is in thee; meditate upon those things, give thyself wholly to them ; that thy profiting may appear to all... | |
| Alexander Proudfit - Presbyterian Church - 1815 - 416 pages
...— Jiurnefi fasttrd Vare, page 8& •with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. Meditate on these things ; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear unto all." Permit me, reverend fathers and bretliren, to trespass longeron your patience, by adverting to the... | |
| Nathaniel Lardner - Dissenters, Religious - 1815 - 616 pages
...of the Holy Ghost." tj Suqect T» ccyis -mtvp-ctTo/;. Timothy is directed 1 Tim. iv. 14, " Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy." My «//«*£/ T« tv cot yjtt^a^cn^ 2 Tim. i. 6. " Stir up the gift of God which is in thee." uvaZuifvpeiv... | |
| Samuel Stanhope Smith - Presbyterian Church - 1816 - 560 pages
...and all the divine learning„of :••.•:, intend by these injunctions to his' son Timothy ; " Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Neglect not the gift thai is in thee. Meditate upon these things. Give thyself wholly to them, that tby p ofiline, may appear... | |
| 1816 - 658 pages
...as degrading to the ministry of the Gospel, and as directly opposed to the Apostolic injunction—" Meditate upon these things; give thyself " wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all." too apt to make on the time of their pastor, must, in justice, bear much of the responsibility... | |
| Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - Theology - 1816 - 664 pages
...combine Luther with St. Paul — " Bent* orasse est benb studuisse" must be united with St. Paul's Meditate upon these things : give thyself wholly to them, that thy profiting may appear to all. One errs who says, " I will preach a reputable sermon :" and another errs who says, " I will... | |
| Samuel Whelpley - Antinomianism - 1816 - 362 pages
...and over the ball of entrance leading to these apartments, I perceived this inscription, " JVeglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, and the laying OH the hands of the Presbytery." In the third loft, there were five apartments, on a... | |
| 1816 - 926 pages
...must be lean. It was an Apostle's injunction to a minister, " Give thyself to reading ; meditate on these things: give thyself wholly to them, that thy profiting may appear to all." A public conduit has to supply many vessels : large and frequent demands are made upon it.... | |
| John Henry Hobart - Fasts and feasts - 1817 - 348 pages
...had the power of ordination ? A. It is true that St. Paul charges Timothy (1 Tim. iv. 14.) " Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery." But in his second epistle (2 Tim. i. 6.) St. Paul charges him, " Wherefore I put... | |
| John Reed - Episcopacy - 1817 - 224 pages
...the argument of the gentleman. Bishops were called Presbyters : St. Paul says to Timothy, " neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery." What is the inference ? Why, that St. Paul, with several other Bishops or Presbyters,... | |
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