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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.
I say, the Godhead, in as much as it is the Godhead of the Son, is Christs divine nature: not as it is the Godhead of the Father, or the holy Ghost, for it is the office of the Son, to have the administration of every outward action of the Trinity, from the Father to the holy Ghost. 1. Cor. 6.8. And he being by nature the Son of the Father, bestoweth this privilege on those that believe, that they are the Sons of God by adoption. Joh. 1.12. As many as received him, to them he gave to be the Sons of God.
I say, the Godhead, in as much as it is the Godhead of the Son, is Christs diuine nature: not as it is the Godhead of the Father, or the holye Ghost, for it is the office of the Sonne, to haue the administration of euery outward action of the Trinitie, from the Father to the holy Ghost. 1. Cor. 6.8. And he being by nature the Sonne of the Father, bestoweth this priuiledge on those that beleeue, that they are the Sonnes of God by adoptiō. Ioh. 1.12. As many as receiued him, to them he gaue to be the Sonnes of God.
Christs other nature, is his humanity, whereby he, the Mediator, is very man. 1. Tim. 2.5. One God, and one Mediator between God & man, the man Christ Jesus.
Christes other nature, is his humanitie, whereby he, the Mediatour, is very man. 1. Tim. 2.5. One God, and one Mediator between God & man, the man Christ Iesus.