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A Golden Chain
A golden chain: or The description of theology containing the order of the causes of salvation and damnation, according to Gods word. A view whereof is to be seen in the table annexed. Hereunto is adjoined the order which M. Theodore Beza used in comforting afflicted consciences.A golden chaine: or The description of theologie containing the order of the causes of saluation and damnation, according to Gods word. A view whereof is to be seene in the table annexed. Hereunto is adioyned the order which M. Theodore Beza vsed in comforting afflicted consciences.
Cambridge: printed by John Legat, 1600Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legat, 1600
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There is a third sort called Sectaries, who addict themselves to the opinion of some man. These commonly never apply the law or the Gospel to themselves, but their whole meditation is chiefly in the opinions of him whom they follow. As they that follow Luther, few of them follow his Christian life: they regard not that: but about consubstantiation and ubiquity, about Images ⟨p. 666⟩and such like trumpery, they infinitely trouble themselves and all Europe too.
There is a third sort called Sectaries, who addict themselues to the opinion of some man. These commonly neuer apply the law or the Gospell to themselues, but their whole meditation is chiefly in the opinions of him whome they followe. As they that followe Luther, fewe of them followe his Christian life: they regard not that: but about consubstantiation and vbiquitie, about Images ⟨p. 666⟩and such like trumperie, they infinitely trouble themselues and all Europe too.
And in England there is a schismatical and undiscret company, that would seem to cry out for discipline, their whole talk is of it, and yet they neither know it, nor will be reformed by it, and yet they are enemies to it: as for the law of God, and the promises of the Gospel, they little regard: they maintain vile sins in refusing to hear the reading or the preaching of the word: and this is great contempt of Gods benefits and unthankfulness to him. They are full of pride, thinking themselves to be full, when they are empty: to have all knowledge when they are ignorant, and had need to be catechized: the poison of Asps is under their lips; they refuse not to speak evil of the blessed servants of God. Well, do they above all things seek the kingdom of GOD? then let them be sincere seekers of it: which they shall do, if in seeking Christs kingdom they seek the righteousness thereof: unto which they can never come but by the applying of the threatenings of the law, and the comforts of the gospel to their own consciences. But whereas they seek the one and not the other, they give all men to understand with what spirit they speak.