...> uq iyu mi for fAw Cause /f/i / thee in Crete, that thou skouldest set irt, order the things thai are wanting, and ordain Elders in every City, as I had appointed theet — Titus i. 5. THIS epistle! is one of the three, hot Unfitly styled the hierarchical epistles,...

...i. 5, 6. For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that arc wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had...faithful children,, not accused of riot, or unruly. Prov. xxii. 6. Train up a. child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from...

...the peculiar office of a hishop ? 1. To ordain preshyters and deacons. For this canse left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things...ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee. Tit. i, 5. 2. To superintend the doctrine of these ministers. As ) hesought thee to ahide still at...

...77 SERMON VI. The primitive state of the Christian Church. TITUS i. 5. For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things...ordain Elders in every city, as I had appointed thee, - - - - 95 SERMON VII. Ecclesiastical power and dominion were gradually assumed by the Priesthood....

...others, saying to Timothy, " Lay hands suddenly on no man," and to Titus, " For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things...ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee." Thus by virtue of an apostolical ordination, there is for over to be continued a ministerial succession....

...labour in the word and doctrine. Tit. i. 5. For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shonldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as 1 had appointed thee. 1 Pet. v. 4 — 14. The elder* which are among yon I exhort, who am also an elder,...

...God. SERMON VI. THE PRIMITIVE STATE OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. TITUS i. 5. For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain Eldert in every city, as I had appointed thee. FROM this text I shall, my Christian brethren, direct...

...teachers were appointed. This, we are told, formed one important part of apostolic care and duty, — to " set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain Elders in every city." (Titui 1.9.) In carrying out this object, as well ain the arrangement of Christian worship, there can...

...matters in the church, as were not settled by express divine command. " For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting ;" that are left undone, as the margin expresses it.{ This was a branch of apostolic authority which...

...commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also." — " For It" canse left 1 thee, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city." These are all general directions, supposing, i11deed, the existence of a regular ministry in ; church,...