“ So we must put off our shoes of carnality, and go out from ourselves, as the adder casteth her slough, if we will tread upon holy ground, and press to come where God is. Peter, so long as he staid in the high Priest's hall among the enemies of Christ, became as one of them, and had quite forgotten that Christ was his Master, and so denied him, whom a little before he had promised to die for. ”

“ He that hath faith hath life eternal for evermore in the kingdom of heaven. The prophet David's prayer or arithmetic is thus termed; 'Teach us O Lord to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom,' Psalm xc. 10.
Peter, wept because of the weight of grief and sorrow for denying his Lord and Master Jesus Christ, which made him for doing that deed say, Troubles have compassed me round about, my heart is vexed and troubled, my sins are always before mine eyes, which so grievously torment my conscience, and labour to bear me down to hell: There is no peace for the terror of the Lord ”

“ Neither are we to join any other with God in our oaths, for, in so doing, we make base idols and filthy creatures for Peter wept sorrowfully for his sin and offences he had committed against Christ his Lord and Master: and because he repented, God granted him mercy and forgiveness for all his offences which he had committed against him, by denying him with an oath, and cursing and lying ”

“ Where mark the emphasis in the first words, 'Above all things, swear not;' and the greatest danger of it is in the last words, 'lest ye fall into condemnation;' for woe and sorrow will be in the end.
If the matter be light and vain, we must not swear at all; if mighty, then we may lawfully swear, as before a magistrate, being called to it, when we must only use the glorious name of our God in a holy and religious manner, as you may see in Deut. ”

“ And let us make a good end by repentance :'I heard a voice from heaven, saying, Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth: even so, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labour, and sorrow, and their works shall follow them,' Rev. ”

“ We have a command from God to shun all devices of evil works. St. Paul saith, Rom. vi. 23. 'For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God, is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Neither must we swear at all in ordinary communications, if we will obey God's word; as you may see, Matth. v. 34.—37. Amos v. 12. And as it is in Exodus xxxiii. 2. 'Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil.' And St. Pau's everlasting rule is, Rom. xii. 2. 'Fashion not yourselves according to this world, for this world passeth away, and the glory thereof.' For, as St. ”