Apostles shews: When Jesus asked him,
v. 67. Will ye also go away? Then Si∣mon
Peter answered him, Lord, to whom
shall we go? Thou hast the words of eter∣nal
life; i. e. Thou teachest us the way
to attain Eternal Life; And accordingly
We believe, and are sure that thou art
the Messiah, the Son of the living God.
This was the eating his Flesh, and drink∣ing
his Blood, whereby those who did
so had Eternal Life.Sometime after this, he enquires of
his Disciples, Mark VIII. 27. Who the
People took him for? They telling
him, for Iohn the Baptist, or one of
the old Prophets risen from the Dead;
He asked, what they themselves thought?
And here again Peter answers in these
words, Mark VIII. 29. Thou art the
Messiah. Luke IX. 20. The Messiah of
God. And Mat. XVI. 16. Thou art the
Messiah, the Son of the living God:
Which Expressions, we may hence ga∣ther,
amount to the same thing. Where∣upon
our Saviour tells Peter, Mat. XVI.
17, 18. That this was such a truth
As flesh and blood could not reveal to
him, but only his Father who was in
Haven; And that this was the Foun∣dation
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