B25425:1060
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.
Note, The Saints of God are Heirs, Heirs of God, Heirs of all things, &c.
Heirs. | Parallel. The First-born had a Princely Power and Dominion over their Brethren, who bowed down before them; they were next their Fathers in Honour. | The Saints are made Kings to God, are called Kings and Princes:1 A King shall reign in Righteousness, and Princes shall decree Judgment. They shall have Dominion over the Mighty of the Earth, in their Day. They are next to Christ in Honour,2 and shall sit upon the Throne with him. II. The First-born were Priests in their Father's Family, till the Levites came in. | II. The Saints are Priests as well as Kings to God:3 He hath made us Kings and Priests, &c. They are called an holy Priesthood, to offer up a holy and acceptable Sacrifice unto God. III. The First-born had the Inheritance; the rest had but a Piece of Money. And to this day we see, that Men use to make their Inheritance over to the First-born; and besides the Inheritance, they had a double Portion of Goods. | III. The Saints have the eternal Inheritance made over to them; the World hath but a small Allowance, for all they have amounts to no more than Vanity. God giveth himself, and all he hath, to Believers; they have a double Portion, an Hundred-fold in this Life, and in the World to come Life everlasting. IV. An Heir sometimes stays a great while, before he comes to the full Possession of the Inheritance; and until then he is under Tutors and Governors, and differeth but little from a Servant. | IV. The Saints patiently wait a while, (being under Age) before they come to the full Possession of the Inheritance purchased for them by Christ; and until they come to full Age, they are under Tutors and Governors, who deal hardly with them, and they seem not to differ from Servants. V. The First-born had a peculiar Sort of Apparel, whereby they were distinguished from others; such was Esau's goodly Raiment which Rachel put upon Jacob. | V. The Saints are clothed with a goodly Raiment, viz. the Righteousness of Christ: Holiness is the Saints Livery, whereby they are distinguished from the rest of the World. VI. The First-Born had the Blessing annexed to them, and (unless they were supplanted, as Esau was by Jacob) they were blest of their Father, especially when their Fathers were at the point of Death. | VI. The Saints are the Blessed of the Lord; none can take either Birth-right or Blessing away from them; they are blessed, and shall be blessed.