7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;



Ver. 7. A bishop must be blameless] As was Moses, Samuel, Paul, Bradford, Bucer, &c., who led convincing lives; so that their foes could not in anything stain them, nor their friends sufficiently commend them. It is better, saith one, to live so as thine enemies may be amazed at thy virtues than that thy friends should have cause to excuse thy vices.



Not soon angry] ïñãéëïò , biliosus et bellicosus, testy and tetchy, easily blown up into rage, that will not be laid down without revenge.