...their agents, saw it put in practice. See Paul's instructi ns to Titus, i. 5. For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldst set in order the...that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city as I had appointed thee. See also Acts xv. 41. Paul went through Syria confirming the churches, (xvi....

...of their own : For this caufe, fays St. Paul to Titus, / left thee in Crete, that thou Jhouldeft fet in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city. Which particulars laid together manifeftly fhew, that there was a power or authority in particular...

...to water the Church which he had planted. " 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." (Tit. i. 5.) We derive much information from various incidental hints which...

...p Acts xiv. 23. [See before.] Tit. i. ' 5. For this cause left I thee ui Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in everv city, as I had appoint ed thee. Acts xx. 17. And from Miletus he sent to Kphesus, and called...

...they believed." Thesecondis in 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 1 had appointed thee." IS'ow it is to be observed, thatin both instances the assemblies had been...

...more. For this cause left 1 thee iit Crete (says St. Paul to Titus, chap. i. 5.) that tfuru fhouldest set in order the things that are wanting ; and ordain elders in every city. Again, 2 Tina. ii. 2. The things that thou hast heard of me—the same commit thou to faithful men...

...Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. 0 For this eause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every eity as I had appointed thee. 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful ehildren,...

...saying to the one, " Lay " hands, suddenly, on no man ;" and to the other, •( For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldst " set in order the...that are wanting, and ordain " elders in every city, as I appointed thee." And all this the Apostles did by the power of the Holy Ghost, given them by Christ,...

...in his epistle to Titus, ebserres to him, " For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thoa shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city,.. .if any be blameless, .. .for a bishop must be blameless."* Here it is equally clear that the Apostle...

...epistle, as may appear from those words: "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 appointed thee." ch. i. 5. More particularly, I suppose, that Paul had been in Crete in this year...