John Trapp on 1 Timothy 3:1

CHAP. III. Verſe. 1. If a man deſire]

AS no woman, ſo neither may every man deſire the office of a Miniſter, but ſuch only as are gifted and fitted for ſuch a ſervice.

He deſireth a good work] But a hard work. The Miniſtery is not in idle mans occupation, but a fore labour, Onus ipſis [illegible: 1 letter]tiam[illegible: 1 letter] angelis tremendum, ſaith Chryſoſtome, a burden too heavy for an Angels ſhoulders, a pains nothing ſhort of that of a travelling woman, ſaith Melancthon, after Paul, Gal 4.19. There were that read this text thus, Quicu[illegible: 1 letter] que deſiderat Epiſcopatum bonum, opes deſiderant. But this was a foul miſtake at beſt.