John Trapp on 1 Timothy 5:10

Verſe 10. Well reported of, &c.] A good name is better then precious ointment, Eccleſ. 7.1. And rather to be choſen then great riches, Prov. 22.1. Provident we muſt be to preſerve it, learning of the unjuſt ſteward by lawfull (though he did it by unlawfull means:) for our Saviour noted this defect, when he ſaid, The children of this World are [illegible: 1 letter]i[illegible: 1 letter] ſer in their generation then the children of light, Luke 16.8. [non-Latin text not transcribed].