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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
Chapter 40: Of Christian warfare.Chapter 40: Of Christian warrefare.
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II. Never yield or consent to Satan's words, whether he speak the truth, accuse falsely, or flatter dissemblingly. John. 8.44. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he hath been a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him: when he speaketh a lie, then speaketh he of his own, for he is a liar, and the father thereof. Mark. 5.7. And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, the Son of the most high God. Act. 16.17. She followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which show ⟨image 131⟩unto us the way of salvation. August. Serm. 241.
II. Neuer yeeld or consent to Satans wordes, whether he speake the truth, accuse falsely, or flatter dissemblingly. Iohn. 8.44. Ye are of your father the deuill, and the lustes of your father ye will doe: he hath beene a murtherer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him: when he speaketh a lie, then speaketh he of his owne, for he is a liar, and the father thereof. Mark. 5.7. And cryed with a loud voyce, and saide, What haue I to doe with thee, Iesus, the sonne of the most high God. Act. 16.17. She followed Paul and vs, and cryed, saying, These men are the seruants of the most high God, which shew ⟨image 131⟩vnto vs the way of saluation. August. Serm. 241.