John Trapp on Matthew 17:19

Verse 19. Why could not we cast him out?] They had heard why before, but either heeded it not, or were not willing to hear on that ear. Loth they were to yeeld that it was any fault of theirs, that the cure was not effected by them, but by some other occasion (the fathers [illegible: 1 word], the peoples perversenesse, &c.) which what it was, here they make enquiry. How unwilling are we that our peny should be held other then good [illegible: 1 word]? How ready to shift [non-Latin text not transcribed]. off him that [illegible: 1 word] from heaven, and to mistake our selves in the [illegible: 1 word]. 12. 25. [illegible: 1 word] of our miscarriages?