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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 third, is an union, or conjunction, which is the engrafting of such, as are to be saved, into Christ, and their growing up together with him: so that after a peculiar manner, Christ is made the head, and every repentant sinner, a member of his mystical body. Joh. 27.20. I pray not for these alone, but for them also which shall believe in me, thorough the• word. ver. 21. That they all may be one, as thou, O Father, art in me, and I in thee: even that they may be also one in us. Ephes. 5.30. We are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. Joh. 15.1. I am that true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2. Every branch th• beareth not fruit in me, he taketh away: and every one that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Eph. 2.20. Built upon the foundation of the Prophets and Apostles, whose corner stone is Jesus Christ himself. 21. In whom all the building coupled together, groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord. 2•. In whom ye are also built together, to be the habitation of God by the Spirit.
The third, is an vnion, or coniunction, which is the ingraffing of such, as are to bee saued, into Christ, and their growing vp together with him: so that after a peculiar manner, Christ is made the head, and euerie repentant sinner, a member of his mysticall bodie. Ioh. 27.20. I pray not for these alone, but for them also which shall beleeue in me, thorough the• word. ver. 21. That they all may be one, as thou, O Father, art in me, and I in thee: euen that they may be also one in vs. Ephes. 5.30. We are members of his bodie, of his flesh, and of his bones. Ioh. 15.1. I am that true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2. Euery branch th• beareth not fruit in me, he taketh away: and euery one that beareth fruite, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.