A09353:956
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.
Here are certain preservatives to be noted.
Heere are certaine preseruatiues to be noted.
I. Premeditation of the power and use of the word. Eccles. 4.17. Take heed to thy feet, when then enterest into the house of the Lord, and be more near to hear, then to give the sacrifice of fools, for they know not that they do evil. Chap. 5.1. Be not rash with thy mouth, nor let thine heart be hasty to utter a thing before God: for God is in the heavens, and thou art on the earth: therefore let thy words be few.
I. Premeditation of the power and vse of the worde. Eccles. 4.17. Take heed to thy feete, when then entrest into the house of the Lord, and be more neere to heare, then to giue the sacrifice of fooles, for they know not that they doe euill. Chap. 5.1. Be not rash with thy mouth, nor let thine heart be hastie to vtter a thing before God: for God is in the heauens, and thou art on the earth: therefore let thy wordes be few.
II. Diligent attention of the mind. Act. 16.14.
II. Diligent attention of the minde. Act. 16.14.