John Trapp on 2 Corinthians 12:1

CHAP. XII. Verſe 1. It is not expedient for me]

BEcauſe it carries a ſhew at leaſt of pride and folly: and Chriſtians muſt be ſhy of the very ſhews and ſhadows of ſin; Miniſters eſpecially, whole practice eaſily paſſeth into an example. Howbeit for the Corinthians it was expedient, becauſe they thought more meanly of Paul then was meet.

To viſions and revelations] The falſe Apoſtles, haply, boaſted of ſuch; as ſome ſeducers do now-adaies, who dream Midianitiſh dreams, and then tell the ſame to their neighbours for Goſpel. But take heed, the old Prophet may bring men into the lions mouth by telling them of an Angel that ſpake to him.