Peter, was his sir-name, given him by Christ himself, who was in this sense his God-father.c When JESUS beheld him, h•• said, Thou art Simon, the son of Jona, thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation a Stone, or Peter. S. Matthew seems to insinuate that Christ gave him that name in allusion to that Rock of his confession.d Thou art Peter, and upon this Rock I will build my Church: But then, Peter seems to be that Rock on which the Church is built? Not so; Peter in making this confession, Tu es Christus; Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God; either spake, Prae caeteris, as Ambrose, or Pro caeteris, as Augustine; before the rest, or for the rest: He was Prolocutor, or mouth of the rest. Therefore what was promised to Peter, pertained to the whole College of the Apostles. To this exposition runs the stream of the Fathers.e If thou confess with Peter, & tibi dicetur, Tu es Petrus: Petra, est quisque Christi discipulus: If thou be Christs disciple, thou art Peter, thou art a Rockf Petrus à Petra, non Petra à Petro: quomodo non à Christiano Christus, sed à Christo Christianus vocatur. Peter is derived from the Rock, not the Rock from Peter: as Christ fetcheth not his name from a Christian, but a Christian from Christ. But,g we are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief Corner-stone; our foundation is in heaven. Aristotle said, that a man is Arbour transversa, a tree growing with the root upward: So the Church is, Domus transversa, a house turned upside down: for the foundation is above.h Other foundation can no man lay, than that is laid, which is, JESUS CHRIST. Peter in this kind is not the Rock of the Church: time was, he seemed rather to be a wave, than a Rock, when Christ said to him;i Get thee behind me Satan, thou art an offence unto me. Let Peter have his desire, and his Master shall not dye; so Peter himself and the whole world had been lost. This defeats the Pope of his infallibility of judgement.
Peter, was his sir-name, given him by Christ himselfe, who was in this sense his God-father.c When IESVS beheld him, h•• said, Thou art Simon, the sonne of Iona, thou shalt bee called Cephas, which is by interpretation a Stone, or Peter. S. Mathew seemes to insinuate that Christ gave him that name in allusion to that Rocke of his confession.d Thou art Peter, and upon this Rocke I will build my Church: But then, Peter seemes to be that Rocke on which the Church is built? Not so; Peter in making this confession, Tu es Christus; Thou art Christ, the Sonne of the living God; either spake, Prae caeteris, as Ambrose, or Pro caeteris, as Augustine; before the rest, or for the rest: He was Prolocutor, or mouth of the rest. Therefore what was promised to Peter, pertained to the whole Colledge of the Apostles. To this exposition runnes the streame of the Fathers.e If thou confesse with Peter, & tibi dicetur, Tu es Petrus: Petra, est quisque Christi discipulus: If thou be Christs disciple, thou art Peter, thou art a Rockef Petrus à Petra, non Petra à Petro: quomodo non à Christiano Christus, sed à Christo Christianus vocatur. Peter is derived from the Rocke, not the Rocke from Peter: as Christ fetcheth not his name from a Christian, but a Christian from Christ. But,g we are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Iesus Christ Himselfe being the chiefe Corner-stone; our foundation is in heaven. Aristotle said, that a man is Arbor transversa, a tree growing with the root upward: So the Church is, Domus transversa, a house turned upside downe: for the foundation is above.h Other foundation can no man lay, than that is layd, which is, IESVS CHRIST. Peter in this kinde is not the Rocke of the Church: time was, he seemed rather to be a wave, than a Rocke, when Christ said to him;i Get thee behind me Satan, thou art an offence unto me. Let Peter have his desire, and his Master shall not dye; so Peter himselfe and the whole world had been lost. This defeats the Pope of his infallibility of judgement.
- cJoh. 1.4 2Ioh. 1.4 2
- dMat. 16.18.
- eOrigen. Hom. 1. in Mat
- fAug Tract 124. in Joh.Aug Tract 124. in Ioh.
- gEph. 2.20.
- h1 Cor. 3.11.
- iMatth. 16.23.
