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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.
V. That the mercy of God, and the merit of Christs obedience, are infinite. Isa. 54.10. For the mountains shall remove, and the hills shall fall down: but my mercy shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace fall away, saith the Lord, that hath compassion on thee. Psalm. 103.11. For as high as the heaven is above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 1. John. 2.1. My babes, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not: and if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Just. verse. 2. And he is the reconciliation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. Psalm. 130.7. Let Israel wait on ⟨image 134⟩the Lord: for with the Lord is mercy, and with him is great redemption.
V. That the mercy of God, and the merite of Christes obedience, are infinite. Isa. 54.10. For the mountaines shall remooue, and the hilles shall fall downe: but my mercie shall not depart from thee, neither shall my couenant of peace fall away, saith the Lorde, that hath compassion on thee. Psalm. 103.11. For as high as the heauen is aboue the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that feare him. 1. Iohn. 2.1. My babes, these things write I vnto you, that ye sinne not: and if any man sinne, we haue an aduocate with the Father, Iesus Christ the Iust. verse. 2. And he is the reconciliation for our sinnes: and not for ours onely, but also for the sinnes of the whole worlde. Psalm. 130.7. Let Jsrael waite on ⟨image 134⟩