61. And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter, and Peter remembred the Word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, before the Cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
O My Soul! how often hath Christ looked upon thee, and thou hast turned away thine Eyes from him! He hath looked upon thee in his Word, and yet thou hast not minded him! He hath looked upon thee in the Holy Sacrament, yet thou hast taken no notice of it! He hath looked upon thee in thy Afflictions, and yet thou hast not seen him! Hadst thou observed his Looks, thou wouldst have remembred his Sayings, and his Precepts, and done them! Perhaps thou hast remembred his Words, but thou hast not considered the Sense of them; or if thou hast considered the Sense, thou hast thought it did not belong to thee! O how willing hast thou been to transfer thy Sin from thy self to others! What would not the damned in Hell give, for such a gracious Look of the Lord Jesus, as thou hast had sometimes! And canst thou make light of that, which those unhappy Spirits would prize at a mighty rate!