Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Timothy 4:6

6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things , thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ , nourished up in the words of faith, and good doctrine whereunto thou hast attained .

If by thy preaching publickly, and by thy more private instructions of Christians at Ephesus; thou teachest them these things.

Thou shalt faithfully discharge the Office of him who is a servant of Jesus Christ, not of men meerly. The Ministers of the Gospel are in the first place Ministers or Servants to Ch[illegible: 1 letter]ist Secondarily Ministers, (that is Servants) of the Church [illegible: 1 word] a Noblemans Servant imployed to distribute wages or meat to inferiour Servants, is a Minister to those to whom he so distributeth food, or wages, but in the first place a Servant to his Lord.

Such a Minister of the Gospel ought to be, one bred up in the true Faith, and persevering in it.

Whereto thou art not a stranger, only I would hav[illegible: 1 letter] thee go on and persevere in it.

Marginal references: 1 Tim. 3.14, [illegible: 1 word]