John Trapp on 2 Corinthians 12:14

Verſe 14. For I ſeek not yours] Not the fleece but the flock. He had not thoſe inſtruments of a fooliſh ſhepherd, forcipes & mulctram, the ſhears and milke-pale, &c. The whole Senate can witneſſe, ſaith Beza, that whereas Calvin had a very ſmall ſtipend, yet was he ſo farre from being diſcontent therewith, that a more ample allowance being freely offered him, he obſtinately refuſed it. All the goods that he left behinde him when he died, his library alſo being ſold very dear, came ſcarce to three hundred French-crowns.Melch Adam. 359. Non opes, non gloriam, non voluptates quaeſivi, ſaid Melancthon, I never ſought riches, pleaſures or preferments: This conſcience I carry with me, whetherſoever I goe.Melch. Adam. in vita. 187. I doe ingenuouſly profeſſe, ſaith Mr Rolloc, that of all my ſtipends I have not laid up two pence, for I never cared for the things of this world. Luther never found himſelf once tempted to covetouſneſſe. And herein I could wiſh we were all Lutherans.