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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.
Inferences.
BY this we may see what a poor thing Man is: The mighty Ones of the Earth, who boast of great Matters, are but Worms. And if Man be but a Worm, why doth he swell above the Clouds, as if he would make his Nest among the Stars, when as he must shortly fall among the Clods, and be eaten of Worms?
2. Take heed of having Mens Persons in Admiration; it is a vain thing to give flattering Titles to others. As it becomes us not to reproach or vilify any Man, tho all Men are but as Worms; so it is a God provoking Evil, to flatter Men thereby, creating high thoughts in them of themselves; as some once served Herod, crying out, It is the Voice of a God, and not of a Man: But the Almighty,1 to show how much he abhorred such as gave not him the Glory, made them know he was but a Worm; and therefore the Angel of the Lord smote him, and he was eaten up of Worms.
2. Take heed of having Mens Persons in Admiration; it is a vain thing to give flattering Titles to others. As it becomes us not to reproach or vilify any Man, tho all Men are but as Worms; so it is a God provoking Evil, to flatter Men thereby, creating high thoughts in them of themselves; as some once served Herod, crying out, It is the Voice of a God, and not of a Man: But the Almighty,1