For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
Ver. 15. Ye may put to silence] Gr. φιμουν, muzzle, or halter up, button up their mouths, as we say. See Trapp on " Mat 22:34 " It is an old fetch of the devil to persuade the world that faithful people are anti-magistratical; these must be powerfully confuted by our contrary practice.