A09353:477
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.
The Resolution.
Name. This word properly signifieth Gods title, here figuratively it is used for any thing, whereby God may be known, as men are by their names; so it is used for his word, works, judgements. Act. 9.15. He is an elect vessel to convey my name among the Gentiles. Psal. 8.1. O Lord our God, how great is thy name through all the world? which settest thy glory above the heavens.
Name. This woord properlye signifieth Gods title, here figuratiuely it is vsed for any thing, wherby God may be known, as men are by their names; so it is vsed for his worde, works, iudgements. Act. 9.15. He is an elect vessell to conuaye my name among the Gentiles. Psal. 8.1. O Lord our God, how great is thy name through all the worlde? which settest thy glorye aboue the heauens.
Take. That is usurp, this word is translated ⟨image 57⟩from precious things, which may not be touched without license. And in trueth, men, which are no better then worms creeping on the earth, are utterly unworthy to take, or, as I may say, touch the sacred name of God, with mind, or mouth: nevertheless God of his infinite kindness permitteth us so to do.