...clone." Defence of Dioc. Episc. p. 29. The third passage to be adduced is in Titus i. It is as follows. For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest...order the things that are wanting, and ordain Elders, (Presbyters j in every city, as I had appointed thee. If any be blameless, the husband of one wife,...

...with all it* cities. ' For this cause,' says the Apostle, ' left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldst set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city.' How solemn is the charge of the Apostle, and how clear the pre-eminence it annexes to the office. in...

...elect, and whereby they are led to the acknowledgment of the saving truth of Christian religion. I. 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest...ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee. For this cause, when we were both together in Crete, I left thee there behind me, that thou mightest...

...character. As it stands in our translation, it is " For this cause leftlthee 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 word used here, as I had occasion to notice in my first communication, is utva-i]u^ ; a word which,...

...common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest...ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee. 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly....

...a novice, lest, being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Tit. i. 5. For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest...ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee. Ver. 6. If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot,...

...common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest...that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as 1 had appointed thee. 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not...

...Paul's own intimation, where he tells Titus, far this cause left 1 thee in Crete, that than shouldst set in order the things that are -wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee1, that is, I constituted thee governour of that church, that thou mightst dispose and order the...

...example, which is much to the present purpose. St. Paul, in the words of my text, declares to Titus, For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set ^n order the things that are wanting — or, are hitherto left undone — and ordain elders in every...

...practice. See Paul's instructi ns to Titus, i. 5. 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 had appointed thee. See also Acts xv. 41. Paul went through Syria confirming the churches, (xvi. 5). So were the churches...