John 3:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I appeal to you that are my disciples, Did not I always plainly tell yea that I was not the Christ? It belongeth unto Christ alone, who is the Head of the church, to send out such as shall labour in it, and to restrain those that labour in it; would you have me silence or suspend him? I told you, that I was but one of his ministers, sent before him to prepare his way, 1 Thessalonians 1:20,23.