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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.
yet he will (if possible) bruise his Heel, and send him limping thither: I mean, fill a Saint full of Fears and Doubts about his eternal State. Secondly; He hath many other Stratagems to deceive by Temptations. 1. He hangs out false Colours, and comes to a Saint in the disguise of a Friend; he transforms himself into an Angel of Light: Master, pity thy self. 2. He strives to get Intelligence of a Saint's Affairs. This (saith my Author) is one great Wheel in this Politician's Clock, to have Spies in all Places, by whom they are acquainted with the Counsels of their Enemies. He labours to find out what Sin it is that most easily besets a Person, or that he is most prone to.1 3. In his gradual Approaches to the Soul. When he first comes to tempt, he is modest, and asks but little, knowing he may get that at many times, which he should be denied, if he should ask it all at once. A few Men are let into a City, when an Army, coming in a Body, would be shut out. Remember, he draws to Sin by little and little: First it may be the Thought of this or that Evil is darted into the Mind, and after a while lodged quietly there, and then a little after further Proceed is made in Sin, &c. 4. Satan, like a cunning Warrior, hath his Reserves; like a wise Captain, he hath some fresh Troops at hand, if need be: So that if one Temptation will not prevail, he hath a second, nay, a third and fourth, nay Multitudes. What fresh and new Attempts did he use, when he set upon our Saviour? 5. Another Stratagem of his is this: He will in a politic way retreat, as sometimes you shall have an Enemy fly as overcome, when it is on a design of overcoming. We read not only of Satan's being cast out, but of the unclean Spirit's going out voluntarily; yet be sure it was with a purpose to return more strong than before. 6. He will strive to make use of fit Instruments to carry on his Temptations to the Ruin of the Soul. I might proceed, but by this all may see, That it is needful for the Christian Soldier to be well instructed in the Stratagems of War. XIV. A Soldier ought to know the distinct Beats of the Drum, and Sound of the Trumpet; an Alarm, a Call, a March, a Battle, &c. | XIV. So a Saint must understand the distinct and different Sounds of the Word of God, daily ministered by his Servants; for a Preacher is a spiritual Trumpeter: Lift up thy Voice like a Trumpet.
yet he will (if possible) bruise his Heel, and send him limping thither: I mean, fill a Saint full of Fears and Doubts about his eternal State. Secondly; He hath many other Stratagems to deceive by Temptations. 1. He hangs out false Colours, and comes to a Saint in the disguise of a Friend; he transforms himself into an Angel of Light: Master, pity thy self. 2. He strives to get Intelligence of a Saint's Affairs. This (saith my Author) is one great Wheel in this Politician's Clock, to have Spies in all Places, by whom they are acquainted with the Counsels of their Enemies. He labours to find out what Sin it is that most easily besets a Person, or that he is most prone to.