A09353:901
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.
Illumination, is either spiritual understanding, or spiritual wisdom.
Illumination, is either spirituall vnderstanding, or spirituall wisedome.
Spiritual understanding, is an illumination of the mind, whereby it acknowledgeth the known truth of the word of God.
Spirituall vnderstanding, is an illumination of the minde, wherby it acknowledgeth the knowen truth of the word of God.
Spiritual wisdom, is also an illumination of the mind, whereby the same trueth, is applied to the good ordering of particular both things & actions, as persons, place, and times require.
Spirituall wisedome, is also an illumination of the minde, whereby the same trueth, is applied to the good ordering of particular both things & actions, as persons, place, and times require.
These two, have these effects which follow.