w- tia A Commentaq ctpon,the Gop6 vitra cuira ex ccle.ntian mer° radium vita non extendun. tuns ult. Potes videre ho'ninen monte af)iit: Tare mmtificetur ne,-ctr. Res in occult° eft . enS c,7n 7FIsW cfclco ä.,rots orar, dJ' ProP- tere,: ab.dfie protonlute di- rayf;a efí , t40 quzned g'oriâ indignos : Lu. ci ta in vita Pereg. stuttet,Anna! dead z. pag. y1s. &ttcheic. D.y1iá'etup- on Tan 'cl. Chap.5. abiding it in Heaven, beyond the which mortali mens willies can- not extend. But let all that will have flute in thefe comforts, fee that they be able to fay with the Church, Pfal.14}.2I 2 Z. Thou knowet,Lord,thefecrets of the hearts, that, for thy fake, we are fl.iin continually. Upon which words excellently St Au/fin, Ouid eft,inquit,novit occulta ? qua occult e ? &c. What fecrets of the heart, faith he, are thole that God is here faid to know ? Surely thefe ; that for thy fake we areflain,&c. Hain thou mad fee a man, but wherefore or for whofe fake he is (lain, thou know- eft not ; Godonlyknoweth. Stint lief cauf'd ;surname pa. terentur, as that Father goeth on. There want not thole that would fuffer death ( and feemingly for ri(Yhteoufneffe fake) only for applaule of the world and vain glory. As Lucian tellethof PereZrinus the Philofopher, that meetly for the glory of it he would have been made a Martyr. The Circumcelliones (a molt pernicious branch of the hxrefieof the Donatifts) were fo deh- rous toobtain (by fuffering) the p:aife of Martyrdom, that they would teem to throw themfelves downheadlong from highpla- ces,or tali themfelves into fire or water. Al:wander the Copper- fmithwas nearmartyrdom, A its 19.33. whoyet afterwardmade fhipwrack of the faith, and became a bitter enemy to the truth, that he had profeffed, I Tim.I.I,2o. & 4.14,t 5. FdixMau- zius, an Anabaptilt ofHelvetia, being put todeath for his obfti nacy,and ill practices at T'igure,praifedGod that had called him to the fealing up ofhis truth with his blood , was animated to con- ftancy by his mother and brother, and ended his life with thefe words,Lord,into thy hands Icommend my .1 /iris. What could any hearty Hooper, trutty Taylour, or fincere Saunders have faidor done more in fuch acafe ? It is not then the [offering, but the tuf- fcringfor rigl teoufuefJ'efake that proveth a man blcffed, and en- ticleth him to heaven. The Philiffims died by the fall ofthe houfe, as well as Samfon ; feddiverjofine, acfaro, as one faith. Chrift and the theeves were in the fame condemnation : Similis pana:fed di/Jîmilis caul-a, faith Ase tin : their pumfhment wasall alike, but riot their caufe. Baltafar Gcrardus the Burgundian that flew the PrinceofOrange,I 5 84. Iun.3 o. endured very grievous torments : But it was pertinacy in himrather thenpatience, itui idity of fenfe, not afolidity offaith,a wretchleffedifpoficion, not a confident re- folution. Therefore noheaven followedupon it,becaufe he fuffcred not as a Martyr,but as a malefaetour. -For .omrrrrr11
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