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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.
1. Consider the Worth and Dignity of your Captain. Christians have the best Captain and Leader in the World.
(1.) He is of a most honourable Extraction, of a most high and noble Descent, the Heir of all things, the Father's First-born, the express Image of his Person: He is King of Kings, and Lord of Lords; and he is (saith one) Generalissimo of all his Majesty's Forces in Heaven and Earth.
(2.) Consider his Strength and Valour: He hath an Omnipotent Arm, and is of a most valiant, undaunted, courageous, and heroic Spirit. What was Sampson, Gideon, David, Alexander, Julius Caesar, Scanderbeg, or any other mighty Warrior, to the Lord Jesus? This is he who cuts in pieces the Gates of Brass, and breaks asunder the Bars of Iron; that hath the Keys of Death and Hell; that flew Rahab, 1and wounded the Dragon; who is terrible to the Kings of the Earth, and will come upon Princes as upon Mortar. This is He that is the Terror of Devils, the Dread of Mortals, who will make other Captains tremble, and cry out to the Rocks and Mountains to hide them in the Day of his Wrath.
(2.) Consider his Strength and Valour: He hath an Omnipotent Arm, and is of a most valiant, undaunted, couragious, and heroick Spirit. What was Sampson, Gideon, David, Alexander, Julius Caesar, Scanderbeg, or any other mighty Warrior, to the Lord Jesus? This is he who cuts in pieces the Gates of Brass, and breaks asunder the Bars of Iron; that hath the Keys of Death and Hell; that flew Rahab, 1and wounded the Dragon; who is terrible to the Kings of the Earth, and will come upon Princes as upon Mortar. This is He that is the Terror of Devils, the Dread of Mortals, who will make other Captains tremble, and cry out to the Rocks and Mountains to hide them in the Day of his Wrath.