...by what they had witnessed.* Two passages are quoted from Paul's First Epistle to Timothy, v. 23, " Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thine often infirmities" And 2 Tim. iv. 13, " The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou earnest, bring with thee,...

...this: " Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins : keep thyself pure. Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thine often infirmities. Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after." The...

...for approaching dissolution, than a minister ? I think St. Paul acted as a physician, when he said, " Drink no longer water, but use a little wine, for thy stomach's sake, and thine often infirmities." 1 Tim. v. 23. * Sozom. I. 7, c. 26, p. 188. t Prim. Chrit. pt. 3, c. 2, p. 280. \ Ibid. To return to...

...addressed to some particular person or persons may refer to him or lliem only, as Paul's to Timothy. ' Drink no longer water, but use a little wine, for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.' Or any thing written may be merely an abstract doctrine: ie, without reference to any particular persons...

...speak nobler upon it. We may credit his testimony, for he says express, that he saw the transaction. Use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thine often infirmities. From these favorable beginnings, we may hope for a soon and prosperous issue. Conformably to their...

...Exceptions have been inconsiderately taken against such passages as those in which Paul advises Timothy: " Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thine often infirmities ;" and desires him to bring the cloak which he had left at Ephesus, &c. (1 Tim. v. 22 ; 2 Epist. iv....

...doctrine of the Total Abstinents, then was Paul decidedly wrong in his prescription to Timothy : " Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thine often infirmities." We have no proof, nor even an intimation, that the abstinence of John the Baptist and his severity...

...tended to hurt and destroy the bodily health, sufficiently appears from the advice he gave to Timothy, " Drink no longer water, but use a little wine, for thy stomach's sake, and thine often infirmities," 1 Tim. v. 23. He condemneth those that, under pretence of extraordinary purity, were for observing...

...many bitter blasts from the sea, and no shelter on the land, speaks itself to each inhabitant there, " Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thine often infirmities," 1 Tim. v. 23. However, this local privilege, first justly indulged to the monks of Lindisfern, was...

...PARTIALITY. LAY HANDS SUDDENLY ON NO MAN, NEITHER BE PARTAKER OF OTHER MEN'S SINS I KEEP THYSELF PURE. DRINK NO LONGER WATER, BUT USE A LITTLE WINE FOR THY STOMACH'S SAKE AND THINE OFTEN INFIRMITIES. SOME MEN'S SINS ARE OPEN BEFOREHAND, GOING BEFORE TO JUDGMENT; AND SOME MEN THEY FOLLOW AFTER. LIKEWISE...