John Trapp on 1 Timothy 3:4

Verſe 4. One that ruleth well] [non-Latin text not transcribed], A good prieſt in his own family, which he daily perfumes with Evangelicall ſacrifices, till his houſe, as the houſe of David, be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them, Zach. 12.8.

Having his children in ſubjection] Yet Pope Pelagius forbids a Biſhop to have either wiſe or children:Diſtinct 61. Ca[illegible: 1 letter]tnenſis. whereof this wiſe reaſon is given, becauſe children are argumentum ambulans ſuper terram. A walking argument of their fathers incontinency. Os durum!