A09353:574
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 24: Of the fifth Commandment.Chapter 24: Of the fift Commaundement.
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 words are these.
The wordes are these.
Honour thy father and thy mother, that they may prolong thy days in the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Honour thy father and thy mother, that they may prolong thy dayes in the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.
Honour. This word, by the figure, signifieth all that duty, whereby our neighbours dignity is preserved, but especially our superiors. This dignity proceedeth of this, that every man beareth in him some part of the image of God, if we respect the outward order and decency, which is observed in the church and common wealth. In the Magistrate, there is a certain image of the power and glory of God. Dan. 2.37. O king, thou art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. Hence is it, that magistrates are called gods. Psal. 82.1. In an old man, is the similitude of the eternity of God: in a father, the likeness of his fatherhood. Matth. 23.9. And call no man your father upon the earth: for there is but one, your Father which is in heaven. In a man, is the image of Gods providence and authority: for a ⟨image 69⟩man ought not to cover his head, because he is the image of the glory of God: but the woman is the glory of her husband. Finally, in a learned man, is the likeness of the knowledge and wisdom of God. Now therefore, that person, in whom even the least title of the image of God appeareth, is to be honoured and reverenced.