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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.
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,1 his Time is but short upon the Earth; tho some continue longer than others, yet generally their Days on the Earth are but few, in a comparative Sense. IV. There are divers Sorts of Flowers; some fair to look upon, very lovely to the Eye, but of an ill Savour. | IV. So there are divers Sorts of Men and Women; some very fair and amiable to the outward Sight, but of an ill and stinking Savour in their Lives and Conversations, in the Nostrils of God and all good Men, having no Grace, and are besides of a perverse and crooked Nature. V. There are some other Flowers that are not beautiful to the Sight, whose Nature and Virtue is most excellent. | V. So there are some Men and Women, who tho they are not lovely and beautiful to carnal Eyes, yet are of most sweet and gracious Dispositions, and whose Worth and Excellency is exceeding great.