414 A TREATISE ON RE-BAPTISM.
ever; and thatit shouldnot he destroyed. Whence, more
over,the Jews dared to seizeHim by force,and anointHim
for the kingdom, which indeed He was compelled toevade;
and thereforeTTisdisciplesthought that in no otherway
would He bestow upon them eternallife,exceptHe Himself
had firstcontinued thistemporal lifeinto that eternalone
in His own experience. In fine,when they were passing
through Galilee,Jesus saidto them, " The Son of man isto
he deliveredinto the hands of men, and they willkillHim;
and afterthreedays He shallriseagain."1 And theywere
greatlygrieved,hecause,as we have said,they had formeda
very differentnotion previouslyin theirminds and hearts.
And again,thisalsowas the speech of the Jews, in contra
dictionagainstHim, when He taught them of Himself,and
announced futurethings to them, and they said," We hare
heard out of the law thatChristabidethforever : andhow
sayestthou thatthe Son of man must be liftedup?"1 And
so therewas thissame presumptionconcerningChristinthe
mind of the disciples,even as Peter himself,the leaderand
chiefof the apostles,broke forthintothatexpressionofhis
own incredulity.For when he, togetherwith the others,
had been asked by the Lord what he thought about Him,
that is,whom he thought Him to be,and had firstof all
confessedthetruth,saying thatHe was the Christ the Son
of the livingGod, and thereforewas judged blessedby Him
becausehe had arrivedat thistruth,not afterthe flesh,but
by the revelationof the heavenly Father; yet thissame
[Peter],when Jesus began to show His disciplesthatHe
must go to Jerusalem, and suffermany things from the
elders,and priests,and scribes,and be killed,and afterthe
thirdday riseagain from the dead, neverthelessthattrue
confessorof Christ,aftera few clays,takingHim aside,began
to rebuke Him, saying," Be propitiousto Thyself:thisshall
not be;"3 so thaton that account he deservedto hear from
the Lord, " Get theebehind me, Satan ; thou artan offence
unto me," because he savoured not the things which areof
God, but those things which are of men; — which rebuie
1Mark ix.30. 2Johnxii.84. 8 Matt.xvl22.