John Trapp on Matthew 19:3

Verse 3. Is it lawfull for a man &c.] A captious question, purposely to put him to shame or perill afore the people. For if he liked divorce, the better sort would be offended and displeased: if he disliked it, the common sort (those that followed him,) for denying them that liberty that Moses had allowed them. One thing that created Jeremy so much trouble among the people of his time was, that he [illegible: 1 word] them to the yeelding up of the City to the [illegible: 1 word], which Isaiah had so earnestly disswaded them, not long before in the dayes of King [illegible: 1 word].