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TroposchemmalogiaTroposchēmalogia
Troposchemmalogia: Tropes and figures; or, A treatise of the metaphors, allegories, and express similitudes, &c. contained in the Bible of the Old and New Testament To which is prefixed, divers arguments to prove the divine authority of the Holy Scriptures wherein also 'tis largely evinced, that by the great whore, mystery Babylon is meant the Papal hierarchy, or present state and church of Rome. Philologia sacra, the second part. Wherein the schemes, or figures in Scripture, are reduced under their proper heads, with a brief explication of each. Together with a treatise of types, parables, &c. with an improvement of them parallel-wise. By B. KTroposchēmalogia: Tropes and figures; or, A treatise of the metaphors, allegories, and express similitudes, &c. contained in the Bible of the Old and New Testament To which is prefixed, divers arguments to prove the divine authority of the Holy Scriptures wherein also 'tis largely evinced, that by the great whore, mystery Babylon is meant the Papal hierarchy, or present state and church of Rome. Philologia sacra, the second part. Wherein the schemes, or figures in Scripture, are reduced under their proper heads, with a brief explication of each. Together with a treatise of types, parables, &c. with an improvement of them parallel-wise. By B. K
London: printed by John Darby, 1682
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.
1O then be not proud of your Bodies, nor of your Beauty: They who are now the fairest and goodliest to look upon, may quickly have a broken and loathsome Skin. A Disease, or one Fit of Sickness may spoil all thy Beauty, deface and blemish thy excellent Feature; and if a Disease doth it not, old Age will: Time will draw Furrows in thy Face, and make Wrinkles in thy Brow. Strength and Beauty are no Matches for Time. All Things were made in Time, and Time will mar all Things: So long as Generation continueth, Corruption must.
1O then be not proud of your Bodies, nor of your Beauty: They who are now the fairest and goodliest to look upon, may quickly have a broken and loathsom Skin. A Disease, or one Fit of Sickness may spoil all thy Beauty, deface and blemish thy excellent Feature; and if a Disease doth it not, old Age will: Time will draw Furrows in thy Face, and make Wrinkles in thy Brow. Strength and Beauty are no Matches for Time. All Things were made in Time, and Time will marr all Things: So long as Generation continueth, Corruption must.
- 1Caryl on Job 7.5. p. 596, 597
The two Externals which Man is most subject to be proud of, are Beauty and Apparel. Clothes are a Flag of Vanity, and Pride sits upon the Skirts. But remember, how fine soever your Clothing is this day, God can put you on another Suit before tomorrow: He can put you on such Clothing, as you shall have little cause to be proud of; He can make you wear Worms, and Clods of Dust.
The two Externals which Man is most subject to be proud of, are Beauty and Apparel. Cloaths are a Flag of Vanity, and Pride sits upon the Skirts. But remember, how fine soever your Cloathing is this day, God can put you on another Suit before tomorrow: He can put you on such Cloathing, as you shall have little cause to be proud of; He can make you wear Worms, and Clods of Dust.