A09353:1154
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.
The second, is a certain penitency, whereby the reprobate, I. Doth know his sin. II. Is pricked with the feeling of Gods wrath, for sin. III. Is grieved for the punishment of sin. IIII. Doth confess his sin. V. Acknowledgeth God to be just in punishing sin. VI. Desireth to be saved. VII. Promiseth repentance in his misery or affliction, in these words. I will sin no more. Mat. 27.3. Then when Judas which betrayed him saw that he was condemned, he repented ⟨image 158⟩himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver, to the chief Priests and Elders. Heb. 12.17. For ye know how that afterward also when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place to repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears. 1. King 21.27. Now when Ahab heard those words, he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon him, and fasted, and lay in Sackcloth, and went softly. Nomb. 23.10. Let me dye the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his. Psalm. 78.32. For all this they sinned still, and believed not his wondrous works. Verse 33. Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years hastily. Verse 34. And when he slew them, they sought him, and they returned, and sought God early. Ver. 35. They remembered that God was their strength, and the most high God their redeemer.
The second, is a certaine penitencie, wherby the reprobate, I. Doth know his sin. II. Is pricked with the feeling of Gods wrath, for sin. III. Is greeued for the punishment of sin. IIII. Doth confesse his sin. V. Acknowledgeth God to be iust in punishing sin. VI. Desireth to be saued. VII. Promiseth repentance in his miserie or affliction, in these words. I will sin no more. Mat. 27.3. Then when Iudas which betraied him saw that he was condemned, he repented ⟨image 158⟩himselfe, and brought againe the thirtie peeces of siluer, to the cheefe Preests and Elders.