Chapter VIII.—Exhortations to holiness and good order.
May I have joy of you in the Lord! Be ye sober. Lay aside, every one of you, all malice
and beast-like fury, evil-speaking, calumny, filthy speaking, ribaldry, whispering, arrogance,
drunkenness, lust, avarice, vainglory, envy, and everything akin to these. “But put ye on the
Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.”730 Ye
presbyters, be subject to the bishop; ye deacons, to the presbyters; and ye, the people, to the
presbyters and the deacons. Let my soul be for theirs who preserve this good order; and may
the Lord be with them continually!
730 Rom. xiii. 14.
Chapter VIII.—Exhortations to holiness and good order.
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Chapter VIII.—Exhortations to holiness and good order.