As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.
Ver. 32. A dumb man possessed with a devil] Satan still gags many to this day, that they cannot pray to God, profess his name, utter themselves to the good of others. The spirit of faith is no indweller, but sits in the door of the lips. "I believed, therefore have I spoken," 2 Corinthians 4:13. The Carthusian monks speak together but once a week. It is a shame to Christians that they speak not often one to another, Malachi 3:16, that they come together, not for the better, but for the worse, 1 Corinthians 11:17. Inveniar sane superbus, &c., modo impii silentii non arguar, dum Dominus patitur, saith Luther (Epist. ad Staup.): Better I be counted proud than be sinfully silent.