John Trapp on 1 Timothy 6:8

Verſe 8. And having food and raiment] Houſes are not named: for that then they were to ſtand ready to run from place to place, and to leave houſe and all behinde them. Food and raiment, [non-Latin text not transcribed], as Iſidore elegantly here obſerveth, Food not junkets, raiment not ornament, garments quaſi gardments, to gard us from the cold air. Nature is content with a little, grace with leſſe: As, Not to ſtarve, not to thirst, ſaith Galen. Cibus & potus ſunt divitiae Chriſtianorum, [non-Latin text not transcribed] Gol. Greenbam. Aelian. ſaith Hierome. Bread and water with the Goſpel are good cheat, ſaith another. Epicurus could ſay, That he would think himſelf as happy as might be, Si aquam haberet & offam, if he could get but a morſell of meat, and a mouthfull of water.Cic de finib, 1, 2. This was ſtrange from Epicurus. But Epicurci mihi videntur m[illegible: 1 letter]liùs facere quam dicere, ſaith Tully. Epicurus and his followers practiſed better then they held. A little of the creature will ſerve turn to carry a man thorow his pilgrimage. Inſaniae igitur damnandi ſunt (ſaith Vives, qui tam multa tam anxie congerunt, quum ſit tam paucis opus. He is little better then mad, that heaps up ſuch a deal, when far leſſe will do the deed.