John Trapp on 2 Corinthians 12:7

Verſe 7. And leſt I ſhould be exalted] So leſt Ezekiel ſhould be lifted up with his many rare viſions, he is frequently called Sonne of man, to put him in minde of his mortall, miſerable condition.

A thorn in the fleſh] A corruption edg'd with a temptation. Satan ſent ſome Dalilah to lull Paul aſleep in her lap, and binde him with withes of green delights: but his watchfull ſoul diſpleaſed deeply with that fleſh-pleaſing force, complained thereof, ſhaked himſelf, and ſo found eaſe.

To buffet me] Perhaps in a proper ſenſe Paul might feel the devils fingers: Take it metaphorically for temptations, and then they are fitly called buffetings, becauſe they come ſo thick upon a mans ſpirit, that he can hardly take breath. He dogs good hearts with fouleſt luſts ſometimes, as of Atheiſme, Idolatry, blaſphemy, murther, &c. In all or any of which, if the ſoul be meerly paſſive (as the word buffeting here implies) they are Satans ſins, and our croſſes only.

Leſt I ſhould be exalted] If Paul had not been buffetted, who knows whether he would have ſwelled. He might have been carried higher in conceit, then before he was in his ecſtaſie.