A09353:493
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.
IIII. To swear by that which is no GOD. Matth. 5.34, 35. But I say unto you, swear not at all, neither by heaven, for it is Gods throne; neither by earth for it is his footstool; neither by Jerusalem, for it is the City of the great King. 1. King. 19.2. Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying: thus do the Gods, and so […] them deal with me, if I by to morrow this time, make not thy life, as is the life of every one of them. Jer. 12.16. They taught my people to swear by Baal. Jer. 5.7. Thy Sons forsake me, and swear by them which are no Gods.
IIII. To sweare by that which is no GOD. Matth. 5.34, 35. But I say vnto you, sweare not at all, neither by heauen, for it is Gods throne; neither by earth for it is his footstoole; neither by Hierusalem, for it is the Cittie of the great King. 1. King. 19.2. Iesabell sent a messenger to Elias, saying: thus do the Gods, and so 〈…〉 them deale with me, if I by to morrow this time, make not thy life, as is the life of euery one of thē. Ier. 12.16. They taught my people to sweare by Baal. Ier. 5.7. Thy Sonnes forsake me, and sweare by them which are no Gods.
This place condemneth that usual swearing by the Mass, faith, and such like. Mat. 23.22