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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.
If any Man will be my Disciple, let him take up his Cross daily, and follow me. We read of a great and famous Army, consisting of Forty Four Thousand, a certain Number put for an uncertain,1 that follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. We must follow Christ in every Ordinance, follow his Doctrine, and follow his Example, in every one of his gracious Qualifications, viz. in his Patience, (how contented was he in the midst of his greatest Poverty!) in his Lowness of Mind, and deepest Humility; in his Tenderness, Bowels, and Compassion towards those that deserved nothing; how kind, loving, and merciful was he! Follow him in his Reproaches, Afflictions, and Indignities; follow him in all Difficulties and Dangers; with Peter, follow him to Prison, and to Death it self, when he calls us thither. Be ye Followers of me, as I am of Christ Jesus. 2My Sheep hear my Voice, and they follow me. XIII. It behoveth a Soldier to be well-skilled in all Stratagems of War, for that conduceth much to his just and needful Accomplishments, Policy having many times out-done Power, and humane Strength. | XIII. So a Christian ought to be well-skilled and expert in all Divine Wisdom and Policy, in the Management of the Spiritual War against the Enemies of the Soul. Christ's Counsel is, Be ye as wise as Serpents, but as innocent as Doves. And indeed nothing is more necessary for spiritual Soldiers than Wisdom and Policy, in the carrying on of the War against their internal Adversaries, because of their Craft and Subtlety. Their Adversary the Devil is compared to a Serpent upon this very account; and in other Places we read of his Devices and Wiles: Eph. 6. That ye may stand against the Wiles of the Devil. [Greek or Hebrew], properly the Methods of Satan; [Greek or Hebrew] of [Greek or Hebrew],3 which signifies that Art and Order one observes in handling a Point; we say such a one is methodical. Now because it shows Ingenuity, and Acuteness of Wit, so to compose a Discourse; therefore it is transferred to express the Subtlety of Satan, in laying of his Plots against a Christian. Indeed the expert Soldier hath his Order, as well as the Scholar; there is Method in forming an Army, as well as in framing an Argument. The Devil is a subtle Enemy, and Saints are most endangered by his Craft and Policy; he hath always got the greatest Advantage upon Christ's Soldiers by this means.