A golden chaine: or The description of theologie containing the order of the causes of saluation and damnation, according to Gods word. A view whereof is to be seene in the table annexed. Hereunto is adioyned the order which M. Theodore Beza vsed in comforting afflicted consciences.

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Title: A golden chaine: or The description of theologie containing the order of the causes of saluation and damnation, according to Gods word. A view whereof is to be seene in the table annexed. Hereunto is adioyned the order which M. Theodore Beza vsed in comforting afflicted consciences.
Author: Perkins, William, 1558-1602.
Publication: [Cambridge] :: Printed by Iohn Legat, printer to the Vniuersitie of Cambridge,; 1600.
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Subject terms: Theology, Doctrinal -- Early works to 1800.; Salvation -- Early works to 1800.; Predestination -- Early works to 1800.
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Cite this Item: "A golden chaine: or The description of theologie containing the order of the causes of saluation and damnation, according to Gods word. A view whereof is to be seene in the table annexed. Hereunto is adioyned the order which M. Theodore Beza vsed in comforting afflicted consciences." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A09339.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 25, 2025.

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1. Faith cōmeth only by the preaching of the word, & increaseth daily by it.

But howe shal they cal on him, in whom they haue not beleeued, how shal they be∣leeue in him, of whome they haue not heard:* 1.1 and howe shall they heare without a preacher? Where there is no vision the people decay, but he that keepeth the lawe is blessed.* 1.2

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* 1.3My people are destroyed for lacke of knowledge: because thou hast refused know∣ledge, I will also refuse thee, that thou shalt bee no priest to mee, and seeing thou hast forgotten the lawe of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

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* 1.1

Ro. 10. ••4.

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* 1.2

Prou. 29.18.

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* 1.3

Hos. 4.8.

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