 But he advanced the Lutheran cause also in reference to other doctrines, and his influence is traceable in the development of Lutheran dogmatics after his time.The later doctrine concerning the authority of Holy Scripture is based upon Hunnius' "Tractatus de maiestate, fide, autoritate et certitudine sacrae scripturae".In the same way he established the orthodox Lutheran doctrine of predestination by following John of Damascus in his distinction between "voluntas antecedens" and "consequens", and considering faith as the instrumental cause of election.