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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.
Man compared to a Flower.
A Man in his best Estate, and in every Estate, is altogether Vanity;1 so he is in his best Days, and in all his Days, but a Flower, or may be compared to a Flower.
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Metaphor. | Parallel. A Flower hath a Root, from whence it grows and springs up. | SO all Men have one common Root, from whence they spring up, viz. the first Adam. II. A Flower springs up out of the Earth suddenly, and at first is but a tender Bud, fresh and flourishing. | II. So Man springs up like a Flower, and at first is like a tender Bud, fresh and flourishing. III. A Flower hath but a little time of continuance; tho some abide longer than others, yet most Flowers last not long. | III. So Man that is born of a Woman is but of few Days,