...should attentively listen to the admonition of Paul the aged addressed to Timothy the younger; — " Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them; for in doing this, thou shall hoth save thyself and them that hear thee." The intention of this paper, is to state the nature...

...to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Neglect not the gift that is in thee; meditate upon those things, give thyself wholly to them ; that thy profiting may appear to all : take heed to thy doctrine, and continue stedfast therein. Bear patientlj* all sufferings and oppressions as a...

...come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Neglect not the gift that is in thee. Meditate upon these things. Give thyself wholly to them, that thy profiting may appear unto all !" Can the divine author intend, according to the views of some weak and enthusiastic sects,...

...— Jiurnefi fasttrd Vare, page 8& •with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. Meditate on these things ; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear unto all." Permit me, reverend fathers and bretliren, to trespass longeron your patience, by adverting...

...as degrading to the ministry of the Gospel, and as directly opposed to the Apostolic injunction—" Meditate upon these things; give thyself " wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all." too apt to make on the time of their pastor, must, in justice, bear much of the responsibility Young...

...combine Luther with St. Paul — " Bent* orasse est benb studuisse" must be united with St. Paul's Meditate upon these things : give thyself wholly to them, that thy profiting may appear to all. One errs who says, " I will preach a reputable sermon :" and another errs who says, " I will leave...

...must be lean. It was an Apostle's injunction to a minister, " Give thyself to reading ; meditate on these things: give thyself wholly to them, that thy profiting may appear to all." A public conduit has to supply many vessels : large and frequent demands are made upon it. It is necessary,...

...destruction, when their corruption makes that a blessing. 16. " Take heed unto thyself, and unto thy doctrine ; continue in them: for in doing this, thou...shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee." Heed the doctrine, and continue therein, and then you may be saved. Few indeed enter the strait gate,...

...purity." " Take heed unto thyself, and unto thy doctrine, (still opposed to those doctrines of devils), continue in them, for in doing this, thou shalt both save thyself and those that hear thee." Here, then, we shall labour in vain to find an authority for the unfortunately...

...Peter wrote, will not be denied to be true of Christians universally. In I Tim. iv. I 6, St. Paul says, Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine ; continue in them : for in so doing thou shall both save thyself, and them that hear thee. That Timothy would, in fact, both save...