John Trapp on John 3:30

Verſe 30. He muſt increaſe, but, &c.] And this was Johns great joy. That man hath true light, that can be content to be outſhined by others; and nothing will more try a mans grace, then queſtions of emulation. Ezekiel can commend Daniel his Contemporary, Ezek. 14.14. matching him with Noah, and Job, for his power in prayer. And Peter highly praiſeth Pauls Epiſtles, though he had been publikely reproved by him at Antioch. Yea, 2 Pet. 3. Gal. 2 Plato called Ariſtotle [non-Latin text not transcribed] & [non-Latin text not transcribed] the intelligent Reader. And Ariſtotle is ſaid to have ſet up an Altar in honour of Plato, with this inſcription. Hier. Walſ. in Hermiae lib Nulla ferent talem ſecla futura virum. But Luther ſhewed himſelfe ſo much diſcontent at the Reformation wrought at Wittenberg in his abſence, by Caroloſtadius, Cum Lutherus ex ſua eremo Wittenbergan redvſ[illegible: 1 letter]et, &c. Alſted. Chron. pag. 520. becauſe it was done without him, that he doubted not to approve thoſe things, that till then he had diſapproved, and to diſapprove what before he had approved of. So hard it is for a man willingly, and gladly to ſee his equals lifted over his head in worth, and opinion. Selfe-love makes men unreaſonable, and ever teacheth them to turn the glaſſe, to ſee themſelves bigger, others leſſer then they are, &c.