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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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.
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[Cambridge] :: Printed by Iohn Legat, printer to the Vniuersitie of Cambridge,
1600.
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Theology, Doctrinal -- Early works to 1800.
Salvation -- Early works to 1800.
Predestination -- Early works to 1800.
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"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 Collections. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A09339.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
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XXVIII.
[unspec II] The second inward benefit is, i 1.1An entrance into Gods fauour, and a perseue∣rance in it, which is indeede a wonderfull benefit. When a man commeth into fauour with his Prince, then he is bold to come vnto him, and he may haue free accesse vnto his presence,2 1.2 and he may sue to his Prince for any benefit or preferment whereof he standeth in neede, & may obtaine it before any other: so they which are in Gods fauour, by reason that they are freely pardoned, and iustified in Christ, doe boldly approach into Gods presence, and they are rea∣die [unspec III] to aske, and sure to obtaine any benefit that is for their good. k 1.3 The third is a spirituall ioy in their hearts,* 1.4 euen then when they are afflicted: because they
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looke certenly to obtaine the kingdome of heauen.4 1.5 The fourth is l 1.6that the loue [unspec IIII] of God is shed in the hearts of the faithfull by the holy Ghost: that is, that the ho∣ly Ghost doth make the faithfull very euidently to feele the loue of God to∣wards them, and doth as it were, fill their hearts with it.