John Trapp on 1 Timothy 5:8

Verſe 8. But if any provide not] That they may have Gaiuſſes proſperity, Mentem ſanam in corpore ſano: Though the Apoſtles meaning here is chiefly, as touching bodily nouriſhment and outward accommodations.

Specially for thoſe of his own houſe] Socrates, [non-Latin text not transcribed] an Infidel, took care of the welfare of his family and allies, as Libanius teſtifieth, Biſhop Ridley was very kinde and naturall to his kinsfolk, And the Lord Cromwell before the time of his apprehenſion,Act. and Dſon. fol. 1559. Ibid. 1086. took ſuch order for his ſervants, that many of them, eſpecially the younger brethren which had little elſe to truſt unto, had honeſtly leſt for them in their friends hands, to relieve them whatſoever ſhould befall him.