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 Collections. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A09339.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.

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Furthermore, the will of a Christian is renued and purified by Christ,* 1.1 which appeareth in that it is so far forth freed from sin, that it can will & choose that

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which is good and acceptable to God, and refuse that which is euil, according to that of Paul, * 1.2 It is God which worketh in you the will and the deede, euen of his good pleasure. Now, if a man be considered as he is naturally, he can neither will, nor performe that which is good, but onely that which is euill: x 1.3 for he is sold vnder sin, as the oxe or the asse, & committeth iniquitie, as the fish draw∣eth in water; yea he is in bondage vnder Satā, who inspireth his mind with vile motions, and boweth his will, affections, and the members of his bodie to his cursed will: so that for his life, he is not able to doe any thing but sinne & rebel against God. And it must be remembred, that although the Christian mans will be freed in part from the bondage of sinne in this life, yet it shall not be free from the power of sinne vntill the life to come: fory 1.4 Paul that worthie Saint saith of himselfe beeing regenerate, that he was carnall and sold vnder sinne.

Notes

* 1.1

Sanctification of the will.

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* 1.2

Phil. 2. 13.

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x 1.3

Iob 15.16. Eph. 2.2. Luk. 11. 21.

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y 1.4

Rom. 7. 14.

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