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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
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.
Secondly, their qualities. First they are wise 2. Sam. 14.18. My Lord the king is eve• at an •ell of God in h•aring good and bad. 2. They are of great might. 2. Thess. 1.7. When the Lord Jesus shall sh• ⟨image 13⟩himself from heaven with his mighty angels. 2. Sam. •4. David saw the Angel that smote the people. 2. King. 19.35. The same night the Angel of the Lord want out and smote in the camp of Asshur, an hundred, fourscore, and five thousand. 3. They are swift and of great agility. Isaiah. 6.6. Then flew one of the Seraphius unto me with an hot coal in his hand, Dan. 9.21. The man Gabriel whom I had seen before in a vision, came flying and touched me. This is the reason why the cherubims in the tabernacle were painted with wings.
Secondly, their qualities. First they are wise 2. Sam. 14.18. My Lord the king is eue• at an •ell of God in h•aring good and bad. 2. They are of great might. 2. Thess. 1.7. When the Lord Iesus shall sh• ⟨image 13⟩himselfe from heauen with his mightie angels. 2. Sam. •4. Dauid sawe the Angell that smote the people.