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.