John Trapp on Matthew 25:17

Verse 17. He also gained other two] The Lord, as he hath a fatherly [illegible: 1 word] to our weaknesse, so as not to overlay us, so he takes well a worth what we are able, and exacts no more Honestum est ei qui in primis nequit, in secundis tertijsve consistere. Cic. then he gives. Despise not therefore the day of small things, sith God doth not, Zech. 4. 10. Neither cast away your confidence, because not good to such a degree: but be faithfull in weaknesse, though weak in faith. A palsey-hand may receive an alms: he that had but half an eye might look upon the brasen serpent, and be healed.