Ministers: Authority of, is for Edification
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2 Corinthians 10:8
For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord has given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
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2 Corinthians 13:10
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord has given me to edification, and not to destruction.
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Of the Teachers and Ministers of the Church. Their Election and ...
... their own convenience than for the edification of the ... in common with all the pious
ministers of the ... who, seeking to disparage his authority, represented him as ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 3 of the teachers.htm

Of the Subject to whom the Key of Authority is Committed.
... also baptize: and so this act of Authority is not ... be carried along with most expedition
and best edification. ... Both these acts of power in the Ministers pf the ...
/.../the keyes of the kingdom of heaven and power thereof/chap v of the subject.htm

The Extraordinary Teachers of the Apostolic Church; and Its ...
... preaching is the grand ordinance of God, as well for the edification of saints as ...
Apollos, [240:3] and probably other ministers equal in authority to the ...
/.../killen/the ancient church/chapter ii the extraordinary teachers.htm

The Saybrook Platform
... for common Edification that church members should live near ... is possessed of
substantially the same authority as a Presbytery." The fifteen ministers at this ...
/.../chapter vi the saybrook platform.htm

Moravians, or United Brethren.
... a prominent feature of their means of edification, music in general ... and who alone
are authorized to ordain ministers, but possess no authority in the ...
/.../hayward/the book of religions/moravians or united brethren.htm

Methodist Articles of Religion. AD 1784.
... The ministers of Christ are not commanded by God's law ... are ordained and approved
by common authority, ought to ... so that all things may be done to edification. ...
/.../methodist articles of religion a d.htm

Entering the Gospel Field
... The pulpit was filled with ministers, and workers ... woman to teach or to usurp authority,"
etc ... that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, exhortation and ...
/.../cole/trials and triumphs of faith/chapter x entering the gospel.htm

The Westminster Standards in America.
... may not compel any under his civil authority to worship God ... peculiar to herself for
her own edification; so it belongs exclusively to the ministers of Christ ...
/.../ 98 the westminster standards.htm

Appendix iii in the Hampton Court Conference.
... Churchings and music moderated to better edification: that the ... more taught or defended:
no ministers charged to ... Andrewes, who appealed to the authority of the ...
/.../luckock/studies in the book of common prayer/appendix iii in the hampton.htm

Episcopalians.
... be appointed, and the manner in which ministers are invested ... therefore, by common
consent and authority, may be ... seem most convenient for the edification of the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hayward/the book of religions/episcopalians.htm

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Ministers: should not Be: Crafty

Ministers: should not Be: Easily Dispirited

Ministers: should not Be: Entangled by Cares

Ministers: should not Be: Given to Wine

Ministers: should not Be: Greedy of Filthy Lucre

Ministers: should not Be: Lords Over God's Heritage

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Ministers: should Preach: Christ Crucified

Ministers: should Preach: Everywhere

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Ministers: should Preach: Not With Enticing Words of Man's Wisdom

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Ministers: when Unfaithful: Deal Treacherously With Their People

Ministers: when Unfaithful: Delude Men

Ministers: when Unfaithful: Described

Ministers: when Unfaithful: Seek Gain

Ministers: when Unfaithful: Shall be Punished

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