446 The Sublapfrìafs doölrine hate or no, muss be repelled as the head of every peruïcious temptation: For he that douhteeh ofthti,cannot believe that be h called orjuhired; that is,he cannot be a Chriftian, = Eve- ry man therefore mutt preuitme upon it ets aprinciple of his f tith, that he is elefted. t This very fpeech of Bucers Zan_ chy maketh ufeof to the fame purpole. We fee then by the to limonies of thereworthy men, that this temptation is very dangerous and ordinary too to fuch as think there be abfo. lute Reprobates. The truth of both will further appear by the example 'of t Petrus Ilofuanus (V) a Schoolmafler in Hungary , who going to hang himfelf, fignified in a writing which he left in his ftudie for the fatisfa£tion of his friends and countreymen, the true caule of that his unnaturall fact. In that writing he delivered rhele three things. i. That he was of Calvinesand S. Augufhnes opinion, That men are not dealt withal' fe- csiladùsrn bona ata mala opera, according to their works good or evil; but that there are occultiores califs, more hidden cauces, of mens eternall conditions. z. That he was one of that vvofull conapanieof absoluteReprobates, vas forma. turn in inominìam,a vcfl'el prepared todïthonour; and that therefore ( thoughhis life had been none of the worfi) he couldnot poulibly be bayed. 3. That being unable to bear thole dreadfull apprehenúons of wrath with which he was affrighted, he hanged himfelf. For there are force of his laft words there recorded, u I go to tholeinfernalilakes,aneter- nail reproch to my countrey. I commend you to God, whofe mercy is denied to me. Oat of this exart}ple, two things we may fafely *lied : Firfi, That menwho think there are many tichotn God bathutterly releeted out of his onely will and pleafure, may be eaGly bí ought to think by S itans fug- gellion that they are of that company. Secondly, That this temptation is very dangerous. I conclude therefore this firft vartof my loft reafon,which is, That ablolute Reprobation leadeth men into tempta- tion. r itræfitmen- dum i ;itnr tit principi- um f;lei, no oinnes effe Deo præfci- tos. f Zanch.l.s. De nit. Dez, q. de Proed. t Georg. Major, in Y. ad Tim. 3. fal. rzo9. a Difceclo igitur ad la- cus inferna- les a'rernttm dedecus pa- trim mea'. Den vos eonnnaendo, cajus ricordia itai Ixi negara cit. I I. It leaveth men in temptation: And this it doth two wayes; by i. Making (F ) the tempted uncapable of true comfort; z. Making Minifters unable to give true comfort. r. It maketh the tempted uncapable of true comfort: Like a Gorgons head, it (loch fo trouble their fau(es and amaze Fhem,etpecially in their paroyfmes and fits, that the ílrong- eft ar yments of comfort, app:ied with as much art and cunning
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