A09353:490
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 22 › The negative part.Chapter 22 › 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.
Perjury, containeth in it four capital sins. I. Lying. II. False invocation on Gods name, because a foreswearer calleth on God to confirm a ⟨image 57⟩lye. III. Contempt of Gods threatenings, that he will most grievously punish perjury. IV. A lye in his covenant with God, for the forswearer bindeth himself to God, and lieth unto God.
Periurie, containeth in it foure capitall sinnes. I. Lying. II. False inuocation on Gods name, because a foreswearer calleth on God to confirme a ⟨image 57⟩lye. III. Contempt of Gods threatninges, that he wil most greeuouslye punish periury. IV. A lye in his couenant with God, for the forswearer bindeth himselfe to God, and lyeth vnto God.
II. To swear that which is false. This is to make God and the devil both alike. John. 8.44. Ye are of your father the devil, &c. When he speaketh a lye, he speaketh of himself, because he is a liar, and the Father of lies. Zacha. 5.4. It shall enter into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name.
II. To sweare that which is false. This is to make God and the deuill both alike. Iohn. 8.44. Ye are of your father the deuil, &c. When he speaketh a lye, he speaketh of himselfe, because he is a lyer, and the Father of lyes. Zacha. 5.4. It shall enter into the house of him that sweareth falslye by my name.