of man, being left vnto himselfe: then the excéeding mercie of God to∣wards man. Secondly we may sée in it the beginnings, procéedings, and man∣ner how all men doo sinne, whether it be the godly falling by infirmitie, or the wicked transgressing thorough infide∣litie, and then how and by what de∣grées the godly be reclaimed and resto∣red againe. So that in this historie we haue two things offered to our conside∣rations. First, Peters fall. Secondly, his rising againe. In his fall we note the causes that mooued him therevnto, and the maner how it was. The causes be either in himselfe, or accidentarie without himselfe: within himselfe, his presumption▪ in departing from the word of God, and leaning vppon his owne power, and his slowe following: the causes without himself be his com∣panie, the high Priests seruants, and the place where he was, ye warme fire. The maner how he did fall, is first in bare deniall: then with binding it with an oth: and lastly, by curssing himselfe if euer he knew Christ. In his rising a∣gaine, 0