444 A Commentary upon the Gabel Chap fecrecv, to impart to them things of greateft importance, Peter was ttrotugly poffe t with a frsadyconceit ofan earthly kingdom' and as fofeph dreamt ofhis preferment, but not at all ofhis impri- îonment a foneither could `Peter think or hear of Chrifts being killed, whom he had even now c.;nfcifed tob'e the Chrift, the foil of the living God. See here how eafily we flide, by the deceit. 'Uncle, of our hearts , from the. mean to the extrcam. Peter having made a notable profffon of his faith., and being therefore much commended by Chrift , prefently takes oc- cafion to fall from the true holineff'. of faith, to the fawc¡_ nefï: ofprefutnption., in adviñng his Mallet' to decline the croffe, e..indbegan to rebotke him, flying] No, he didnor rebukehim; Non ranrarn faith Maldonat the Jefuite, but friendly counfrlled him only, as fgnficatrepre, jfm'jywere not to chideandch4rge as matters do theirfervants, bend re tin. even with threatnings and menaces. Bat thef patrons of Peter crepare, /edera (as they pretend) will nor abide that he should be blamed for faro ami,+ari. any thing. Baronitzs bi,à!heth nòt to flay ( and fo to put the cJterdiccre, itn upon the holy Ghost himfelf) that Patel was out in repro- BaronAnal. v g Peter, GaL'2,1 4. and that it had beenbetter manners for hint Sand, bit [sled, tohave held his tongue. O hers of them have blafr hemoufly cen- -0f W i Relig, lured S.Paulin their Serifions, as a hot- headed perfan, of whole aifertions no great reckoning was to be madeby the fiber-minded; and that he wadnot fecure ofhis preachitì r,'aut by conference with "S. Peter, neither.durft he publish his Epilties, till S. Peur had al. lowed them. Vc. f: 23. get thee behinde me, Satan] Comebehind« as a DI: ciple, go not before me asa teacher ; underhand thy diftance; and hold thee to thy dory, by moving in thineown fphear; that thou benot thusodiuufly eccentrick, another Satan, who fees thee a work thus-to tempt tile,as he once didEve to feduce Adam: here Maldonat is hard put to't, to fave Peur biameleffe, and faith, that, Get thee 'behinde me is an Hebrew phfrafe, and imports no more then Follow are, but when he comes to confider that Chrift calls him Satan, and that it wonid not be f eraly that 'Chrift fhculd b d Satan follow him', he is locoed to conk-ire that it is the fpeech of one that b:c's another be packing our of his prefrce with indignation, like that rf Christ to the 'tempter, Marl+, get thee hence, Satan, `Profit ti'tf%trnatatio 1s1Á, cil/faldmate, non
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