...suddenly, on no man ;" and to the other, •( For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldst " set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain " elders in every city, as I appointed thee." And all this the Apostles did by the power of the Holy Ghost, given them by Christ,...

...St. Paul, in his epistle to Titus, ebserres to him, " For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thoa shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city,.. .if any be blameless, .. .for a bishop must be blameless."* Here it is equally clear that the Apostle...

...the powers of ordination and government : * For this cause,' says St. Paul to him, ' left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting ;' or, according to the marginal translation, the things that are left undone ; 'and ordain elders,'...

...tirierxon-Kf bishops.) Similar to this is a passage in Titus, chap. i. 5. " .For this cause left I thee in Crete that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders (isrftirl3vl£fxi) in every city." Ver. 7. " For a bishop (EWKTXOTTOV) must be blameless." In like...

...quotation, which is as follows — Titus i. For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thoti shmddst set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain Elders in every city, as I appointed thee. The object of the gentleman, in this quotation is to prove that there was a plurality...

...Jésus Christ our Saviour. 5 For this cause left I thee in Crète, that thon shouldest set in order thé things • that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: 6 If any be blameless. thé hus2X2 qu'un qui soit irrépréhensible, mari d'une seule femme, duquel...

...believed." Acts xiv. 23. "For this cause," says Paul, "I left thee," Titus, " in Crete, that thou shouldst set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee." The existence of Elders in the Church under the present dispensation, will be manifest also, from a...

...Titus, and showing what kind of elders ought to be appointed by him, he says (chap. i. 6 — 9): " If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unrulyFor a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God ; not self-willed, not soon angry, not...

...Titus, and showing what kind of elders ought to be appointed by him, he says (chap. i. 6 — 9) : " If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of ririi'y^Of unruly. For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God ; not self-willed, not soon...

...be ineffectual. Accordingly he adds, " For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldestset in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every <;ity." Elders were the ministers of the gospel, whose business it was, to preach the gospel ; and...