John Trapp on 2 Corinthians 10:12

Verſe 12. For we dare not] This he ſpeaks by an irony, whereof he is full in this Epiſtle: and may therefore be called, as Socrates was [non-Latin text not transcribed].

But they meaſuring themſelves, &c.] Turning the other end of the perſpective, they ſee themſelves bigger, and others leſſer then they are. So bladder-like is the ſoul, that filled with earthly vanities, though but winde, it grows great and ſwels in pride. O pray to be preſerved from this perilous pinnacle of ſelf-exaltation. Look into the perfect law of liberty, and draw nigh to God. The nearer we come to God, the more rottenneſſe we finde in our bones. The more any man looks into the body of the Sun, the leſſe he ſeeth, when he looks down again.