A09353:107
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
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.
The creation, is that by which God made all things, very good, of nothing, that is of no matter, which was before the creation. Gen. 1.1. In the beginning God created the heaven, &c. to the end of the chap.
The creation, is that by which God made all things, very good, of nothing, that is of no matter, which was before the creation. Gen. 1.1. In the beginning God created the heauen, &c. to the end of the chap.
Gods manner of creating as also of governing, is such as that by his word alone, he, without any instruments, means, assistance, or motion produced all sorts of things. For to will any thing with God, is both to be able, and to perform it. Heb. 11.3. By faith we understand, that the world was ordained by the word of God, so that the things which we see, are not made of things which did appear. Psal. 148.5. Let them praise the name of the Lord, for he commanded and they were created.
Gods manner of creating as also of gouerning, is such as that by his woord alone, he, without any instrumentes, meanes, assistance, or motion produced all sortes of thinges. For to will any thing with God, is both to be able, and to performe it. Heb. 11.3. By faith we vnderstand, that the worlde was ordeined by the word of God, so that the thinges which we see, are not made of things which did appeere. Psal. 148.5. Let them praise the name of the Lord, for he commaunded and they were created.