27 Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.



Ver. 27. Peter then denied again] He that is fallen down one round of hell’s ladder, knows not where he shall stop or stay, till he come to the bottom. Sin is of an encroaching nature, medest and maidenly at first; but yield to it once, and there is no ho with it.



The cock crew] And also Christ looked back upon him, as a piece of his suffering, with êáé óõ ôåêíïí Ðåôñå , What thou, my friend, Peter? Scipio had rather Hannibal should eat his heart with salt than Laelius give him a cross word.