And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
Ver. 24. I believe] This act of his in putting forth his faith to believe as he could, was the way to believe as he would.
Help thou mine unbelief] That is, my weak faith, which he counteth no better than unbelief; howbeit, God counts the preparation of the heart to believe, faith, as in those Samaritans, John 4:39,42. Dr Cruger cried out on his death bed, Credo languida fide, sed tamen fide. Much faith will yield unto us here our heaven; and any faith, if true, will yield us heaven hereafter. Selnever Paedagog.