A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

Another event was Saint Peters counsel. The point whereof Moses and Elijah conferred with CHRIST, was De Excessu ejus, concerning his decease, which •e should accomplish at Jerusalem. Peter hearing this news of his masters death and •hat by the testimony of two such famous Prophets: he thinks it good to provide betimes for his safety. Such a course he had formerly attempted. Matth. 16.22. •ee it far from thee Lord, this shall not be unto thee. But CHRISTS rebuke was •en so sharp, Get thee behind me Satan; that Peter durst no more in plain terms, advise him again to that favouring of himself. Therefore now he doth it aenigma•cè, covertly, and by involved insinuation. Lord, it is good for us to be here: we are •ow in a safe place; a mountain high, sure, solitary, pleasant: guarded by the company of two such potent men; a cloud to compass; us glory to sustain us, delight […] content us. Let us tarry here, where no harm can find us out. Were it not •adnesse to leave a place of such security, and expose thy self to the fury of thine adversaries? It is good to be here: but alas it was his error: for if this were to have •eene a permanent and durable glory; Peter should not have called for Tabernacles, •ut for mansions. Let us build here three Tabernacles, moveable tilths? No; fundamental and constant habitations. Quid dicis Petre? mundus perit, & tu montem tis, Aug. Doth the whole world perish, and must fire burn it all, and callest •ou only for a mountain? His error was both ways culpable: either to seek in •ia Patriam, or in patria Tabernaculum; his country in the way, or a Tabernacle in •is country. If he knew this to be but the earth, why doth he seek for heaven upon it? if he took this to be heaven, why doth he call for an earthen Tabernacle? •ne for thee, another for Moses, &c. Why not, one for me, another also for James, nd John? No, he mentions none for them, for he hoped that CHRIST himself would be their Tabernacle. Triaquaeris, factria, Bed. Thou seekest three, make three, one for the Father, another for the Son, another for the Holy Ghost; none or Moses, none for Elijah: do not join the Servants with the Creator. Mystically here be still three Tabernacles: Exterius, Ecclesia: Interius, Conscientia: Superius, aelestis Patria. One outward, which is the Church: another inward, which is the conscience: