John Trapp on John 9:17-20

Verſe 17. He is a Prophet.] The more the Phariſees oppoſed the truth, the more it appeared. Veritas abſcondi erubeſcit, ſaith Tertullian. The Reformation was much furthered in Germany by the Papiſts oppoſition. Among many others, two Kings wrote againſt Luther, viz. Henry 8th of England, and Ludovicus of Hungary. This Kingly title, being entred into the controverſie, made men more curious; And as it happeneth in combats, that the lookers on are ready to favour the weaker, and to extoll his actions, though they be but mean: ſo here it ſtirred up a generall inclination toward Luther, ſaith the Authour of the hiſt. of the Councell of Trent. Luther alſo in an epiſtle to the Electour of Saxony, Hiſt of Count. of Trent, fol. 16. triumpheth, and derideth the fooliſh wiſedome of the Papiſts, in cauſing him and the other Proteſtant Princes, Scultet. Annal. 274. to rehearſe the confeſſion of their faith in a publike Aſſembly of the ſtates of Germany, and in ſending copies thereof to all the Courts of Chriſtendome for advice: whereby the Goſpel was more propagated, and the cauſe of Chriſt more advanced, then if many preachers had been ſent out, and licenſed.