 | J. Slater - 1717 - 392 pages
...at Titus i. 5. For this Canfe left I thee in Crete, (fays the fame Apoftle,) that than jhouldft fet in Order the things that are wanting, and ordain Elders in every Cityt as I had appointed theeNothing can be plainer (I think) than thefe three Things are here : Firft,... | |
 | J. S - 1725 - 92 pages
...of the Ifland of Crete) For this Caufe, faid Tit. i. he, left I tbee at Crete, that thou Jhouldjlfet in Order the Things that are wanting, and ordain Elders in every City. And remember 3. That to no other Perfons whatfoever amongft the Thoufands of Followers and Difciples... | |
 | Thomas Sherlock - Sermons, English - 1758 - 414 pages
...For this Y 3 Caufe, L Caufe, fays St. Paul to T'itus, I left thee in Crete, that thou fiouldft fet in Order the Things that are wanting, and ordain Elders in every City. Which Particulars laid together manifeftly flaew, that there was a Power or Authority in particular... | |
 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 pages
...Afts ¡civ. 23. See before. Tit. i. {. For this caufe left I thee La Crete, that thou fhoulded iet in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, asi had appointed thee. Acb ». 17. And from Miletus he lent to Ephefus, and called the ciders of the... | |
 | William Paley - 1782 - 22 pages
...men, who fhall be able Jgo teach others alfo." " For this caufe left I thee that thou fhouldeft fet in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city." THESE are all general directions, fuppofing indeed the exiftence of a regular miniftry in the church,... | |
 | Methodist episcopal church - 1798 - 192 pages
...office) and to regulate every thing :. " For this caufe left I thee in Crete, that thou fhouldeft fet in order the things that are 'wanting, and ordain elders in every cityt as I had appointed tllpe," Titus i. 5. Nor is it lefs evident, that the feven angels of the feven... | |
 | William Smith - 1803 - 584 pages
...from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour — For this Cause (or this great Work) left I Thee in Crete, that Thou shouldest set in Order the things that are wanting, or left undone;" namely, that Thou shouldest " ordain Elders in every City, as I had appointed Thee.... | |
 | James Alexander Haldane - Church discipline - 1805 - 822 pages
...complete, or keeping all the ordinances as delivered to them, but had a plurality of paftors. To " fet in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city," are clofely conjoined by Paul, Titus i. 5. The only pafiage which feems to fpeak another language,... | |
 | William Linn - Episcopacy - 1806 - 232 pages
...into that part of the subject. As to the passage in the Epistle to Titus, " For this cause left llhee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are Clemens endeavours to make me contradict myself. " First the Presbytery consisted qf^/iostles, and... | |
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For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in 'order the things that are t wanting, and 'ordain elders in every city... 
