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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.
God is so excellent and glorious, that nothing can be found out, that can set forth or illustrate his incomparable Being and Greatness: To whom shall we liken him! So there is nothing so low and base, but Man in his fallen State is compared to it; he is compared to Earth, Dust, the Grass of the Field, to a Lie, to Vanity it self, and here to a Worm.
Metaphor. | Parallel. A Worm hath its Original from the Earth. | SO Man is Earth, as we showed before; his Original is from thence. II. A Worm liveth upon the Earth, and there it loves to be, and make its Abode. | III. So Man in his natural State liveth upon the Earth, and the things thereof;1 he panteth after the Dust of the Earth; his Mind, Love, and whole Desire is after earthly things. III. A Worm is a Creature of little Worth, and hath no Beauty in it; what is more contemptible than a Worm! | III. So Man in his fallen State is of no Worth, he hath made himself as light and empty as Vanity. He was once of great Worth in God's esteem, whilst he retained his Uprightness; but now naturally there is no Excellency in him, his Beauty is gone, he is but a Lump of Sin and Pollution, contemptible as a Worm. IV. A Worm is a Creature that lies obnoxious to great Danger; every Foot is ready to crush it. | IV. So Man is open to manifold Dangers from Sin, Satan, and the World; many ways he is exposed to Ruin, and to be undone for ever. V. A small thing may spoil, kill, and destroy a Worm. | V. So a small thing may destroy and ruin Man. First, a little thing may take away his natural Life; a Bit of Bread hath choked some Men; a Tile from a House may beat out his Brains; a Spider, and other small Creatures, may presently destroy him. What is Man's Life! how small a thing will stop his Breath! And then, secondly, a small thing (as it may seem in his Sight) may destroy his Soul: A lascivious Lust,2 a wanton Look upon a Woman, Jesting, and idle Words, nay, the least Sin, without Repentance, will damn him for ever. But remember this, no Sin is small or little in it self, tho there be more Venom in some Sins, than in some others. The least Sin is a Breach of the holy Law of God, and the least Breach thereof layeth a Soul under the Curse of it. Also Christ's Blood was shed to save us from lesser Sins, as well as from the greater.