A09353:1145
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 53: Concerning the execution of the decree of Reprobation.
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 the execution of this decree, there is to be considered, the foundation or beginning, and the degrees or proceeding thereof.
IN the execution of this decree, there is to be considered, the foundation or beginning, and the degrees or proceeding therof.
The foundation of executing the decree of reprobation is the fall of Adam, by which fall he was subject both to sin & damnation. Ro. 11.32. For God hath shut up al• in unbelief, that he might have mercy on all. 1. Pet. 2.8. Here we must note, that God hath so decreed to condemn some, as that notwithstanding all the fault and guilt of condemnation remaineth in the men only.
The foundation of executing the decree of reprobation is the fal of Adam, by which fal he was subiect both to sin & dānation. Ro. 11.32. For God hath shut vp al• in vnbeliefe, that he might haue mercye on all. 1. Pet. 2.8. Here we must note, that God hath so decreed to condemne some, as that notwithstanding all the fault and guilt of condemnation remaineth in the men only.
Further, whom God rejecteth to condemnation, those he hateth: this hatred of God is, whereby he detesteth & abhorreth the reprobate when he is fallen into sin, for the same sin. And this hatred which God hath to man, comes by the fall of Adam: and it is neither an antecedent or a cause of Gods decree, but only a consequent and followeth the decree.