Matthew Poole and continuators on Matthew 23:12

12 And whosoever shall exalt himself, shall be abased, and he that shall humble himself, shall be exalted.

We have what is v. 12. twice in Luke, Ch, 14.11. & 18.14. These Verses expound what went before, and let us know. 1. That it was not a Title, but the Affectation of a Title which he blamed. 2. Not a Doctorship, or Mastership, but such a Doctorship, or Mastership, as made a man too big for the Ministry of the Church; such Honour as lifted up the Mans Heart above his Work. He is an Infamous Doctor in the Church of Christ, who thinks himself too High, or too great to be a Minister in it. For God will abase, and Men shall abase him who exalteth himself. God resisteth, and Men usually contemn and despise the Proud, especially Ministers who are so. Both God shall Exalt, and Men shall Honour those that humble themselves both to Men, Condescending to those of low Degree, and to their Work thinking not the meanest Ministry to Souls, a Work beneath them.

Marginal references: Prov. 29.23. [illegible: 3 letters]. 4.6. 1 Pet. 5.5.