John Trapp on John 3:23

Verſe 23. And John alſo was baptizing,] Here Mimſters may learn not to be wanting to their duties, though God ſtirre up others about them of greater parts, and better ſucceſſe, to obſcure them. Ʋerbi minister es, hoc age, was Mr Perkins his Motto. Summum culmen affectantes ſatis honeſtè vel in ſecundo faſtigio conſpiciemur, D Ward. Colum. lib. 1. in praefat Cic. de Orat. ad Brut. ſaith Columella. And, Prima ſequentem, honestum eſt in ſecundis, tertiiſve conſiſtere, ſaith Cicero. Every man cannot excell, nor is it expected.