Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Timothy 6:4

4 He is proud , knowing nothing , but doting about questions and strifes of words , whereof cometh envy , strife , railings , evil surmisings .

[non-Latin text not transcribed], he is swelled, or blown up, i. e. with pride swelling in opinion, and conceit of himself, he is a fanatick.

Knowing nothing solidly, and truly, but

is brain-sick, about questions of no use, but to make a contention about words,

Whence cometh Env[illegible: 1 letter], when he once comes to perceive that others are wiser then he.

Strife, for an ignorant person if proud, can never yeild that another knows more then he doth.

Railings, are commonly the revenges of ignorant Sciolists, that would be thought something and are nothing, when they perceive they are outdone by others, then they rail.

Evil surmisings, [non-Latin text not transcribed], when they can in Truth say no evil of others they will uncharitabl[illegible: 1 letter] [illegible: 1 letter]urmise and suspect evil of them.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 paragraph]; [illegible: 1 word] 8.2.; [illegible: 1 paragraph]; [illegible: 1 span] 2.23 [illegible: 1 span]