| Unitarianism - 1817 - 680 pages
...faith, in purity 5. Till I come, give attention to reading, 14 to exhortation, to teaching. Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the putting 15 on of the hands of the elders. Meditate on these things; give thyself wholly to them ; that... | |
| John Hume Spry - Christian union - 1817 - 484 pages
...main arguments for the validity of orders conferred by presbyters. The exhortation of the Apostle, (1 Tim. iv. 14.) " Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thce by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery," has been triumphantly referred... | |
| Theology - 1818 - 596 pages
...more Elders may conjointly ordain other Elders. Paul and Barnabas did this. Acts xiv. 23. " Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery." To make a Presbytery it is requisite that there should be at least two presbyters,... | |
| Theology, Doctrinal - 1819 - 488 pages
...made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood d. Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery'. Lay hands suddenly on no man ; neither be partaker of other men's sins; keep thyself... | |
| John Cennick - 1819 - 540 pages
...bestowed in the use of this laying on of hands, for so St. Paul writes to Timothy, " Neglect not that gift that is in thee, which was given ,thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery." Again he says, " Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift... | |
| Timothy Dwight - Sermons, American - 1819 - 616 pages
...and Barnabat, they sent them away. Acts xiii. 3. Lay hands suddenly on no man. 1 Tim. i. 22. Neglect not the gift, that is in thee, which was given thee by prophesy, and the laying on of the handf of the Presbytery ; or body of Elders. In all these instances... | |
| Godfrey Faussett - Apologetics - 1820 - 398 pages
...particular, with the most triumphant confidence, to St. Paul's well-known exhortation 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*." That the passage, as it stands in our translation, wears an aspect of some plausibility... | |
| Jared Sparks - 1820 - 278 pages
...spiritual gifts; nor did the duties of their office require any. Paul writes to Timothy thus, "neglect not the gift, that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery." 1 Tim. iv. 14. In this case, the laying on of hands seems to have been a form,... | |
| Church of England articles - 1821 - 234 pages
...suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins : keep thyself pure. 1 Tim. v. 22. Neglect not the gift that is in thee which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. 1 Tim. iv. 14. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the... | |
| George Weller - 1821 - 370 pages
...that presbyters or elders were associated with himself in his ordination. "Neglect not the gift thai is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery." 1. Tim. iv. 14. Some of the best critics are, however, of opinion that the term... | |
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