If this child is born to you, you are a child, and the question arises, are you so? Man grows from childhood up to manhood naturally; in grace men grow from manhood down to childhood; and the nearer we come to true childhood, the nearer welcome to the image of Christ. For was not Christ called “a child,” even after he had ascended up to heaven? “Thy holy child Jesus.” Brethren and sisters, can you say that you have been made into children? Do you take God’s Word just as it stands, simply because your heavenly Father says so? Are you content to believe mysteries without demanding to have them explained? Are you ready to sit in the infant class, and be a little one? Are you willing to hang upon the breast of the church, and suck in the unadulterated milk of the Word – never questioning for a moment what your divine Lord reveals, but believing it on his own authority, whether it seemed to be above reason, or beneath reason, or even contrary to reason? Now, “except ye be converted and become as little children,” this child is not born to you; except like a child you are humble, teachable, obedient, pleased with your Father's will and willing to assign all to Him, there is grave matter of question whether this child is born to you.
C.H. Spurgeon

Latin Vulgate 1 Timothy Chapter 5:1-25.

Index: Latin Vulgate

 

1 Timothy 5

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5:1 seniorem ne increpaveris sed obsecra ut patrem iuvenes ut fratres

5:2 anus ut matres iuvenculas ut sorores in omni castitate

5:3 viduas honora quae vere viduae sunt

5:4 si qua autem vidua filios aut nepotes habet discant primum domum suam regere et mutuam vicem reddere parentibus hoc enim acceptum est coram Deo

5:5 quae autem vere vidua est et desolata speravit in Deum et instat obsecrationibus et orationibus nocte ac die

5:6 nam quae in deliciis est vivens mortua est

5:7 et hoc praecipe ut inreprehensibiles sint

5:8 si quis autem suorum et maxime domesticorum curam non habet fidem negavit et est infideli deterior

5:9 vidua eligatur non minus sexaginta annorum quae fuerit unius viri uxor

5:10 in operibus bonis testimonium habens si filios educavit si hospitio recepit si sanctorum pedes lavit si tribulationem patientibus subministravit si omne opus bonum subsecuta est

5:11 adulescentiores autem viduas devita cum enim luxuriatae fuerint in Christo nubere volunt

5:12 habentes damnationem quia primam fidem irritam fecerunt

5:13 simul autem et otiosae discunt circumire domos non solum otiosae sed et verbosae et curiosae loquentes quae non oportet

5:14 volo ergo iuveniores nubere filios procreare matres familias esse nullam occasionem dare adversario maledicti gratia

5:15 iam enim quaedam conversae sunt retro Satanan

5:16 si qua fidelis habet viduas subministret illis et non gravetur ecclesia ut his quae vere viduae sunt sufficiat

5:17 qui bene praesunt presbyteri duplici honore digni habeantur maxime qui laborant in verbo et doctrina

5:18 dicit enim scriptura non infrenabis os bovi trituranti et dignus operarius mercede sua

5:19 adversus presbyterum accusationem noli recipere nisi sub duobus et tribus testibus

5:20 peccantes coram omnibus argue ut et ceteri timorem habeant

5:21 testor coram Deo et Christo Iesu et electis angelis ut haec custodias sine praeiudicio nihil faciens in aliam partem declinando

5:22 manus cito nemini inposueris neque communicaveris peccatis alienis te ipsum castum custodi

5:23 noli adhuc aquam bibere sed vino modico utere propter stomachum tuum et frequentes tuas infirmitates

5:24 quorundam hominum peccata manifesta sunt praecedentia ad iudicium quosdam autem et subsequuntur

5:25 similiter et facta bona manifesta sunt et quae aliter se habent abscondi non possunt