A09353:370
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 20 › The negative part.Chapter 20 › The negatiue parte.
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. Ignorance of the true God, and his will, which is not only not to know, but also to doubt of such things, as God hath revealed in his word. Jere. 4.22. My people is foolish, they have not known me: they are foolish children, and have none understanding, they are wise to do evil, but to do well, they have no knowledge. Jere. 9.3. They proceed from evil to worse, and have not known me, saith the Lord.
I. Ignorance of the true God, and his wil, which is not only not to know, but also to doubt of such things, as God hath reueiled in his word. Iere. 4.22. My people is foolish, they haue not knowne me: they are foolish children, and haue none vnderstanding, they are wise to doo euill, but to doo well, they haue no knowledge. Iere. 9.3. They proceed from euill to worse, and haue not knowen me, saith the Lord.
II. Atheism, when the hart denieth either God, or his attributes: as his Justice, Wisdom providence, presence. Psal. 14.1. The fool hath said […] ⟨image 42⟩his hart, there is no God. Ephe. 2.12. Ye had no hope, and were without God in the world. Malach. 1.2. I love you saith the Lord, and ye say, wherein lovest thou us? Mala. 3.13. Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord, yet ye say, wherein have we spoken against thee? ver. 14. Ye have said, it is in vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his commandments, and that we walked humbly before the Lord of hosts?