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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.
II. That he might undergo punishment due to sin, the which the Godhead could not, being void and free from all passion.
II. That he might vndergoe punishment due to sin, the which the Godhead could not, being voyde and free from all passion.
Furthermore, Christ as he is man, is like unto us in all things, sin only excepted. Heb. 2.17. In all things it became him to be made like unto his brethren. 1. Cor. 13.4.
Furthermore, Christ as he is man, is like vnto vs in al things, sinne onely excepted. Heb. 2.17. In all things it became him to be made like vnto his brethren. 1. Cor. 13.4.
Christ therefore is a perfect man, consisting of an essential and true soul and body, whereunto are joined such faculties and properties, as are essential unto both. In his soul, is understanding, memory, will, and such like: in his body, length, breadth, and thickness: yea, it is comprehended in one place, visible, subject to feeling, neither is there any thing wanting in him, which may either adorn, or make for the being of mans nature.
Christ therfore is a perfect man, consisting of an essentiall and true soule and bodye, wherevnto are ioyned such faculties and properties, as are essential vnto both. In his soule, is vnderstanding, memorie, will, and such like: in his body, length, breadth, and thicknes: yea, it is comprehended in one place, visible, subiect to feeling, neither is there anye thing wanting in him, which maye either adorne, or make for the being of mans nature.