Peter then presumed on the Lord, he tottered as man, but returned to the Lord, as it follows, “And when he began to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.” Does the Lord then desert him in his peril of failure whom he had hearkened to when he first called on Him? “Immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him.”
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).
Also cites: Serm., 76, 8