A09353:471
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 affirmative part.Chapter 21 › The affirmitiue 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.
In vowing, we have these things to observe. 1. We must not vow that which is unlawful. 2. We ought not to vow the performance of that, which is contrary to our vocation. 3. Vows must be of that which we can do. 4. They must be far from so much as a conceit of merit, or worship of God. 5. We must so perform our vows, as that they encroach not upon Christian liberty, given us in Christ: for we are bounden to pay our vows, no longer then the causes thereof remain, and ought to be observed. Deut. 23.18. Thou shalt neither bring the hire of a whore, nor the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God, for any vow. verse 21. When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee: But when thou abstainest from vowing, it shall be no sin unto thee. &c. ver. 23. Psal. 66.14. I will pay• thee my vows which my lips have promised.
In vowing, we haue these thinges to obserue. 1. We must not vow that which is vnlawfull. 2. We ought not to vow the performance of that, which is contrarye to our vocation. 3. Vowes must be of that which we can doo. 4. They must be farre from so much as a conceite of merite, or worship of God. 5. We must so performe our vowes, as that they encroche not vpon Christian libertye, giuen vs in Christ: for we are bounden to paye our vowes, no longer then the causes thereof remaine, and ought to be obserued. Deut. 23.18. Thou shalt neither bring the hyre of a whore, nor the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God, for any vow. verse 21. When thou shalt vow a vow vnto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not be slacke to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surelye require it of thee: But when thou absteinest from vowing, it shall be no sin vnto thee. &c. ver. 23. Psal. 66.14. I will pay• thee my vowes which my lips haue promised.