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

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 Rock^f 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.