A09353:799
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.
This mutual, and as I may say, sacramental relation, is the cause of so many figurative speeches, and metonymies, which are used: as, when one thing in the sacrament is put for an other. As,
This mutuall, and as I may say, sacramentall relation, is the cause of so many figuratiue speeches, and metonymies, which are vsed: as, when one thing in the sacrament is put for an other. As,
I. The sign is used for the thing signified. Exo. 12.11. Ye shall eat it (namely the Lamb) in haste, for it is the Lords passover. Joh. 6.51. I am that living bread which came down from heaven: If any eat of this bread, he shall live for ever, and the bread which I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. 1. Cor. 5.7. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. 1. Cor. 10.17. We that are many, are one bread, and one body, because we are all partakers of one bread.
I. The signe is vsed for the thing signified. Exo. 12.11. Ye shall eate it (namely the Lambe) in haste, for it is the Lordes passeouer. Ioh. 6.51. I am that liuing bread which came downe from heauen: If any eate of this bread, he shall liue for euer, and the bread which I will giue is my flesh, which I will giue for the life of the world. 1. Cor. 5.7. Christ our Passeouer is sacrificed for vs.