13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.



Ver. 13. Kill and eat] Peter was hereby taught not to kill and slay in battle, as many of his warlike pretended successors have done, but to kill that corruption that he found in the Gentiles, by the sword of the Spirit, &c. Julius II can turn him either way, to Peter’s keys or Paul’s sword. {a}



{a} Cum Petri nihil efficiant ad praelia claves auxilio Pauli forsitan ensis erit.