John Trapp on John 1:8

Verſe 8. He was not that light.] As ſome ſiniſterly conceited, which therefore occaſioned that moſt neceſſary digreſſion, verſe 6. to 10. and drew afterwards, from the Baptiſt himſelfe, that moſt vehement profeſſion, verſe 20. He confeſſed and denied not, but confeſſed, &c. He knew well the danger of detracting in the leaſt degree from Gods glory. To looke upon it only, and luſt after it, is to commit ſpirituall fornication with it in our hearts; for it is Gods beloved Spouſe, and he being jealous, cannot bear a corrivall. Looke upon it therefore, but with a ſingle eye, Matth. 6.22. and in all addreſſes to God, Illi da claritatem, tibi bumilitatem, Aug. ad Bonifas. epiſt. 205. give the honour to him; take humility to thy ſelfe, as Austin well adviſeth; let that be thy motto that was his, propter te, Domine, propter te. Study Gods ends, and we may have any thing of him, as Moſes, Exod. 32.