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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 9: Of man, and the estate of innocency.Chapter 9: Of man, and the estate of innocencie.
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.
To second, is Justice, which is a conformity of the will, affections, and powers of the body to the will of God.
To second, is Iustice, which is a conformitie of the will, affections, and powers of the bodie to the will of God.
III. Mans dignity, consisting of four parts. First, his communion with God, by which as God rejoiced in his own image, so likewise man was incensed to love God: This is apparent by Gods familiar conference with Adam. Gen. 1 29. And God said, Behold, I have given unto you every herb bearing seed, &c. that shall be to you for meat. Secondly, his dominion over all the creatures of the earth. Gen. 2.19. Ps. 8.6. Thou hast made him Lord over the works of thine hands, and hast set all things under his feet, &c. Thirdly, the decency, and dignity of the body, in which, though naked, nothing was unseemly. Psal. 8.5. Thou hast made him little lower then God, and crowned him with glory and worship. Gen. 2.25. They were both naked, and neither ashamed. 1. Cor. 12.22. Upon those members of the body, which we think most unhonest, put we more honesty […], and our uncomely •artes have more comeliness on. ⟨image 14⟩Fourthly, labour of the body without pain or grief. Gen. 3.17.19. Because thou hast obeyed the voice of thy wife, &c. cursed is the earth for thy sake, in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life, &c.