The spiritual watchThe spirituall vvatch

§. 66. The want hereof hath been the fault, and hath proved the fall of not a few. For, to pass by that fearful downfall of our first Parents hereby occasioned: What but this was the main ground of Peters miscarriage? but ^ethis presumption, I mean, of his own might, and neglect of those means whereby he might have been enabled to stand, while ^fhe trusted to his own strength? A threefold offence some have observed in his behaviour in that business; that ^ghe opposed himself to our Saviour forewarning him of his fall, he preferred himself indiscreetly before the rest of his Fellow-disciples, and he took the matter wholly upon himself, as that which he knew himself able well enough to go through with. ^hThou wilt deny me, Peter, saith our Saviour, Nay, but I will not; saith Peter. Though all should deny thee, yet will not I deny thee: I will never deny thee, though I die for it. And no doubt of it but that ⟨p. 102⟩ⁱPeter then both meant as he spake, and spake what he thought; he misdoubted not himself, nor his own inability, but he would and should do as then he said. But ^kthe Physician felt Peters pulse, and discerned that in his Patient, which the Patient did not, nor could then see in himself.

§. 66. The want hereof hath beene the fault, and hath proued the fall of not a few. For, to passe by that fearefull downefall of our first Parents hereby occasioned: What but this was the maine ground of Peters miscariage? but ^ethis presumption, I meane, of his owne might, and neglect of those meanes whereby hee might haue beene enabled to stand, while ^f