Robert Traill invites his hearers and readers to consider the following aspects of Peter’s failure and restoration:

1. His reaction to being called by the Lord Jesus, Lk 5:8f.  Is there any hope that Christ and this man will ever be acquainted together, when at his first meeting, the first prayer that the man makes is, Lord, be gone, and leave me?

2. The bad counsel that he gave to his Master, Mt 14:22f. …