Matthew Poole and continuators on John 3:31

31 He that cometh from above , is above all : he that is of the earth, is earthly, and speaketh of the earth : he that cometh from heaven is above all :

He that cometh from heaven (for it appeareth by the latter part of the Verse, that is the sense of from above); as Chri[illegible: 2 letters] did, not only in respect of his Divine Nature, but being (as to his whole person) cloathed with Majesty, and Authority from above, infinitely excelleth any one who is a mere Creature

he that is of an Earthly Original, speaketh of the Earth. Such as is a mans original, such is hisnature, such is his discourse. Tho I be sent of God, as ch. 16.27. and my Baptism be from Heaven: (so our Saviour himself testifieth, Matth. 21.25.) yet my Original is of the Earth, and my Relations and Expressions are suitable to a mere Man: But he that is from Heaven, excells all, as in the dignity of his person, so in the sublimity of his knowledge.

Marginal references: Chap. 11.15.27.; 1 Cor. 15.47.