John Trapp on John 7:46-47

Verſe 46. Never man ſpake like this man] It is good to come to the Word, though with ill intent; they that come to ſee faſhions only, as Moſes came to the Buſh, may be called as he was. They that come but to ſleep, may be taken napping, as Father Latimer ſaith. They that come to catch, may be caught, as theſe in the Text. The ſerpent that comes forth to ſting, may be charmed ere he go back. When Henry Zutphen was preacher at Breme, the holy Catholikes could not be idle, but ſent their Chaplains to every Sermon, to trap him in his words. But God (whoſe foot-pathes are in the midſt of the flood) would have his marvellous power to be ſeen in them, for he converted many of them: inſomuch, that the greater part of them that were ſent to hearken, did openly witneſſe his doctrine to be Gods truth, againſt which no man could contend; Act. and Mon. ſol. 8[illegible: 1 letter]0. and ſuch as in all their life before they had not heard: perſwading them likewiſe, that they forſaking all impiety, ſhould follow the Word of God, and beleeve the ſame, if they would be ſaved. But the chief Prieſts, Canons, and Monkes were ſo indurate and hardened, with Pharaoh, that they became the worſe for theſe admonitions.