John Trapp on Matthew 8:26

Verse 26. And he saith unto them] Christ first chides them, and then chides the windes and waves. Men are most malleable in time of misery, Iob 33. 23. Strike whiles the iron is hot: How forceable are right words? Those that are melted in the furnace of affliction, will easily receive impression. Hamper Manasses, and he will hearken to you. O ye of little faith] Ye petty-fideans: He calleth them not nullifidians. Faith is faith, though never so little of it. Credo languidâ fide, sed tamen fide, said dying Cruciger. Our consolation lies much in the comparative degree; [illegible: 1 word] our salvation is in the positive. Much faith, will yeeld unto us here our heaven; and any faith, if true, will yeeld us heaven hereafter. Now for fear; that which is distrustfull, faith quelleth and killeth it: As that which is awfull and filiall, it breedeth, feedeth, fostereth and [illegible: 1 word].