to chuse such as are without reproach, married to but one wife, whose children are obedient, not accused of debauchery, nor unruly.

for a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not morose, not soon angry, not given to wine, not violent, not desirous of unlawful gain.

who ought to be curb'd, who pervert whole families, teaching things which they ought not, for sordid lucre.

not doating on Jewish Fables, and the tenets of men, that deviate from the truth.

in charity, in patience: the aged women likewise, to behave with sanctity of manners, not false accusers, not given to tipling,

that the word of God may not be blasphemed. the young men likewise exhort to be modest.

entirely obsequious without grumbling. not to pilfer, but to show the strictest fidelity; that they may do honour to the doctrine of God our saviour in all things.

he saved us not in consideration of any virtuous actions which we had done, but out of his meer mercy, by the baptism of regeneration, he form'd us anew, by the plentiful effusion of the holy spirit,

Let our brethren too learn some honest profession to supply their occasions, that they may not be destitute of an income.