A09353:792
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 parts of a Sacrament are, either the external signs, or the thing signified, that is, the substance of the Sacrament.
The partes of a Sacrament are, eyther the externall signes, or the thing signified, that is, the substance of the Sacrament.
The external sign is, either some prescript and sensible matter, or the external action in the use of the same.
The externall signe is, either some prescript and sensible matter, or the externall action in the vse of the same.
The things signified in the Sacrament, are either Christ and his benefits, or the internal action that is about Christ.
The thinges signified in the Sacrament, are eyther Christ and his benefites, or the internal action that is about Christ.
The internal action, is the action either of God, or of faith.