...ministers. In support of a delegated government of the church, great stress is laid on a passage in 1 Tim. v. 17. " Let the elders that rule well be counted...worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in word and doctrine." The word, rule, in this place, is from the Greek root, Upoie-lvfti, which signifies...

...which they ordained in every church were lay elders. To establish the same point I introduce 1 Tim. v. 17: " Let the elders that rule well, be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in word and doctrine." By double honour is sometimes understood...

...church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them. 1 Tim. v. 17. Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they W!KP labour in the word and doctrine. Tit. i. 5. For this cause left I thee...

...diversities of gifts and operations for the edifying of the whole body. Hence, saith the apostle, 1 Tim. 5. 17. Let the elders, that rule well, be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine: and this we 34 suppose neither to be popish...

...preached, or labored in word and doctrine ; and there were Elders who did not ; as when the Apostle says, " Let the Elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in word and doctrine."(l) From what immediately precedes this passage, it appears that the Elders who...

...these elders, or bishops, were teachers ? Loveg. By no means. That passage evidences the reverse : " Let the elders that rule well, be counted worthy of...especially they who labor in the word, and doctrine;" and we hear the word of direction given to the people respecting these ; " to know them who labor among...

...ministers. In support of a delegated government of the church, great stress is laid on a passage in 1 Tim. v. 17. "Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in word and doctrine." The word, rule, in this place, is from, the...

...more firmly by the prescription of the same Apostle, in his first epistle to Timothy, fifth chapter, v. 17, " Let the Elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.''' Here, say they, are two classes of...

...firmly by the prescription of the same Apostle, in his first epistle to Timothy, fifth o 2 chapter, v. 17, " Let the Elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine." Here, say they, are two classes of Elders...

...relieve them, and let not the church be charged ; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed. 17 Let the elders that rule well, be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. Instruction to Timothy. tint of covetotuness....