Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 edition. Excerpt: ...of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven." Here is at once the Divine recognition of Peter's faith, and consequently his fitness for his Divine commission. "And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." It will be seen here, that this little word also refers to what Peter had said, "Thou art the Christ," the Anointed One, the antitype of all the anointed stones. "I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter," which means a stone; thou art too a stone, "Thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, a stone." (John i. 42.) "Upon this rock will I build my Church." Meaning, upon the anointed stone, Christ, and the divinely added stone Peter, or Cephas; first the chief corner stone, and then the superstructure. St. Peter himself gave the key to this remarkable conversation with his Divine Master, "To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. Wherefore also it is contained in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not he confounded. Unto you, therefore, which believe, he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, and a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. But...
