not a hard drinker nor given to blows; not selfish or quarrelsome or covetous;

(No longer be a water-drinker; but take a little wine for the sake of your digestion and your frequent ailments.)

For, as God's steward, a minister must be of blameless life, not over-fond of having his own way, not a man of a passionate temper nor a hard drinker, not given to blows nor greedy of gain,