...bishops. Pretty similar to this is a passage in the epistle to Titus, ch. i. The apostle says, ver. 5, " For this cause left I thee in Crete, " that thou shouldst...the things that are wanting, *' and ordain elders, vfea^vls(tK, in every city." Ver. 6, " If <' any be blameless," &c. Ver. 7, " For a bishop must " be...

...the saving truth of Christian religion. I. 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and 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...

...hears rather a different character. As it stands in our translation, it is " For this cause leftlthee in Crete, that thou shouldst set in order the things...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,...

...whom he was to send to the cities of Crete, f also in his Epistle to the Philippians, v. 1, and in * " For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldst...set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain Priest» " in every city, as I had appointed thee, v. 6. If any be " blameless, the husband of one...

...Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and 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....

...called of God, as was Aaron. m Tit. i. 5. For this cause left I th.ee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee. 1 Tim. v. 21. I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou...

...office. f • A like instance we have in the Epistle to Titus. " For this cause," says St. Paul, " left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldst set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders or presbyters^ in every city ."§ He then proceeds to describe the qualifications of those, whom Titus...

...in St. 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...

...Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things 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...

...our Lord!— . Amen. SERMON XV. TITUS, i. 5. For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee. WHEN our Lord first published his Gospel to the world, he did not peremptorily insist upon the immediate...