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A golden chain, or the description of theologyA golden chaine, or the description of theologie
A golden chain, or the description of theology containing the order of the causes of salvation and damnation, according to Gods word. A view of the order whereof, is to be seen in the table annexed. Written in Latin by William Perkins, and translated by an other. Hereunto is adjoined the order which M. Theodore Beza used in comforting troubled consciences.A golden chaine, or the description of theologie containing the order of the causes of saluation and damnation, according to Gods woord. A view of the order wherof, is to be seene in the table annexed. Written in Latine by William Perkins, and translated by an other. Hereunto is adioyned the order which M. Theodore Beza vsed in comforting troubled consciences.
London: printed by Edward Alde, 1591
Chapter 45: Of the calling upon God.Chapter 45: Of the calling vpon God.
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.
Petition, is the first part of prayer, whereby we, according to the rule of Gods word, ask his help, for the obtaining of such necessaries as we want. 1. John. 5.14 This is the assurance that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he hereth us.
Petition, is the first part of praier, wherby we, according to the rule of Gods worde, aske his helpe, for the obtaining of such necessaries as we want. 1. Iohn. 5.14 This is the assurance that we haue in him, that if we ask any thing according to his wil, he hereth vs.
In every petition, we must express two things. I. A sense of our wants. II. A desire of the grace of God to supply those want• 1. Sam. 1.10. She was troubled in her mind, and prayed unto the Lord, & wept sore. Dan. 9.4. And J prayed to the Lord my God, and made my confession, saying. verse 5. We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, &c. verse. 16. O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, J beseech thee, let thine anger and thy wrath be turned from thy City Jerusalem, &c. to the 20. verse. Psal. 130.1. Out of the deep I called to thee, O Lord. 1. Sam. 1.15. Then Hannah answered, and said, nay my Lord, but J am a woman troubled in spirit. J have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord, &c. 16. v. Psal. 143.6. I stretch forth mine hands unto thee, my soul desireth after thee, as the thirsty land.