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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 21 › The negative part.Chapter 21 › The negatiue part.
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.
III. Necromancy, or conjuring: by which the devil, in the form of some dead man, is sought unto for counsel. 1. Sam. 28.11. Then said the woman, whom wilt thou I call up unto thee▪ and he said call up Samuel unto me. ver. 13. The king said unto her, fear not, but what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. ver. 14. Then said he unto her, what fashion is he of? and she answered, an old man cometh up lapped in a mantel. And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he inclined his face to the ground, and bowed him self. and Samuel said to Saul, why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? Then Saul answered, I am in great distress, for the Philistines make war against me, &c. This Samuel, was not that true Prophet of God, who anointed Saul King over Israel: for, I. the ⟨image 53⟩souls of the Saints departed are far from the devils claws and dominion. II. That good Samuel, if it had been he indeed, would never have permitted Saul to worship him. III. He saith to wicked Saul, To morrow thou shalt be with me, vers. 14. Neither could this be a bare illusion; and as I may say, legerdemain of the witch, for he plainly foretold Sauls destruction, which an ignorant woman could not know, much less durst she constantly avouch any such matter to the King. It remaineth then, that this Samuel was a mere illusion of Satan.
III. Necromancie, or coniuring: by which the deuill, in the forme of some dead man, is sought vnto for counsell. 1. Sam. 28.11. Then sayde the woman, whom wilt thou I call vp vnto thee▪ and he sayde call vp Samuel vnto me. ver. 13. The king sayde vnto her, feare not, but what sawest thou? And the woman sayd vnto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. ver. 14. Then sayd he vnto her, what fashion is he of? and she answered, an olde man commeth vp lapped in a mantell. And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he enclined his face to the ground, and bowed him selfe. and Samuel said to Saul, why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me vp? Then Saul answered, I am in great distresse, for the Philistins make warre against me, &c. This Samuel, was not that true Prophet of God, who annointed Saul King ouer Israel: for, I. the