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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
Chapter 22 › The affirmative part.Chapter 22 › The affirmatiue part.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
In all things give God his due glory. 1. Cor. 10.13. To this appertain: I. Zeal of Gods glory above all things in the world besides. Numb. 25.8. When Phinehas the son of Eleazer saw it, he followed the man of Israel into his tent, and thrust them both through: to wit, both the man of Israel and the woman through her belly. Psal. 69.22. The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up, and the reproaches of the scornful have fallen upon me. II. To use Gods titles only in serious affairs, and that with all reverence. Deut. 28.58. If thou wilt not keep and do all the words of this law (that are written in this book) and fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD. Rom. 9.5. Of whom are the fathers, and of whom, concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is God over all, blessed for ever, Amen. III. An holy commemoration of the creature, whereby we, in the contemplation and admiration of the dignity and excellency thereof, yield an approbation when we name it, and celebrate the praise of God, brightly shining in the same. Psal. 64.9,10. And all men shall see it, and declare the work of God, and they shall understand what he hath wrought: but the righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and trust in him: and all that are upright of heart shall rejoice. Luke 2. ⟨p. 59⟩18,19. And all they that heard it, wondered at the things that were told them of the shepherds: but Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. Jerem. 5.12. Fear ye not me, saith the Lord? or will ye not be afraid at my presence, which have placed the sands for the bounds of the seas, by the perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it, and though the waves thereof rage, yet can they not prevail, though they roar, yet can they not pass over. IV. An oath, in which we must regard: 1. How an oath is to be taken. 2. How it is to be performed. In taking an oath, four circumstances must be observed. I. The matter or parts of an oath: the parts are in number four. 1. Confirmation of a truth. 2. Invocation of God alone, as a witness of the truth, and a revenger of a lie. 3. Confession that God punisheth perjury, when he is brought in as a false witness. 4. An obligation, that we will undergo the punishment at Gods hand, if we perform not the condition. II. The form. We must swear 1. truly, least we forswear. 2. Justly, least we commit impiety. 3.