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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.
And what sore Sufferings, and cruel Torments, hath the Woman's Seed borne and endured under the Papal Power! What Burnings, Roastings, and Flayings alive! All along, from the Beginning to this Day, the Saints have endured great Hardness from wicked Men. See Heb. 11.35. to the end. They were tortured with Scourges, Bonds, and Imprisonments; they were stoned, th•y were sawn asunder, tempted, slain with the Sword; they wandered about in Sheep-skins, and Goats-skins, in Deserts, and Mountains, and in Dens and Caves of the Earth, being destitute, afflicted, tormented. Fifthly; Saints endure Hardness from Satan. He comes out with open Mouth against them, like a roaring Lion, seeking to destroy them. Christ's Soldiers encounter with Devils, they wrestle with Principalities and Powers;1 Satan daily lets fly his fiery Darts against them. Sixthly; They meet with some Hardness and Trouble by the Withdrawings of God himself. Some Afflictions come more immediately from the Hand of God. Job complains of the Arrows of the Almighty; David cries out, as if the Lord had broke his Bones. Yet God in all the Afflictions and Trials he brings upon his People, designs their Profit: When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as Gold. 2It is that we may be Partakers of his Holiness. Yet nevertheless the Strokes and Chastisements of the Almighty are hard to be borne. Seventhly; Christ's Soldiers meet with Hardness, whilst they attend upon their proper Work, in their particular Places and Stations unto which they are called. Some have harder Service than others; as the Forlorn Hope, and the Van (saith one) may meet with harder Service than the main Body of the Army; the Frontiers, and File-Leaders, may meet with more difficult Service than the Rear; and the Watchmen that lie Perdue, and stand Sentinel; with harder Duty than those that abide on the Guard. But tho some endure more Hardness than others, yet all must take what ⟨p. 156⟩befalls them in the Place and Station where they are set. The Ministers of the Gospel (likely) are the Men mostly exposed, and yet sometimes others suffer as hard things as they; yet every one must see to discharge his Duty in his respective Place. The Sentinel must not quit his Watch, because it is cold, or Danger approaches; the File-Leader must not face about, and fall back in the Rear, because of the Hardness of the Service;