 | Timothy Dwight - Theology - 1824 - 602 pages
...and moderation, with unbiassed equity, with a spirit of meekness, patience, and forbearance. ' The servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle to all men ;' and must here be especially upon his guard against the intrusion of every passion, and the adoption... | |
 | Clergyman - Clergy - 1824 - 466 pages
...noble admonition, relating to the meekness of the clergy towards those that divide from them : The servant of the Lord must not strive ; but be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if peradventure God will... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Christian life - 1825 - 572 pages
...by your contendings ; when you engage a proud person, to bend all his wit and words against you. The servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle to all men, apt to teach °, &c. Direct, vin. ' Have as little to do with men, in matters which their commodity... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Christian life - 1825 - 632 pages
...contend." " But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strife. And the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle to all menm." But that which is the chiefest matter of our profession is. The being and perfections of God... | |
 | John Mason Duncan - Creeds - 1826 - 154 pages
...bowels of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long suffering, forbearing one another. " "The servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient, (forbearing) in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves." — "Him... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 638 pages
...particularly meekness of behaviour, as the most likely method of reclaiming men from their errors. " The servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing them that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will... | |
 | Baptists - 1827 - 676 pages
...answer to every man who asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;" to be " gentle to all men, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves." 1 Pet.ii. 17.; iii. 15. 2 Tim. ii. 24,25. Humility will be a blessed ,11111dote for a murmuring spirit... | |
 | Clergy - 1827 - 488 pages
...noble admonition, relating to the meekness of the clergy towards those that divide from them : The servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if peradventure God will... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1828 - 522 pages
...should endeavour to adorn and promote the knowledge of it by all suitable means, remembering, that " the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle to all men, in meekness instructing them that oppose themselves ; if Tieradventure God will give them repentance... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 558 pages
...truth, yet he will avoid " foolish and unlearned questions, knowing that they do gender strife ; and the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle to all men, and meekly instruct opposers : following righteousness, faith, charity, peace with them that call on... | |
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And the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves... 
