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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.
2. When a Saint is in the dark concerning any one Truth of God, and cannot get Satisfaction,1 then 'tis a Time for extraordinary Prayer. When Daniel was at a loss about the Time of Deliverance out of Captivity, how much did he give himself to Prayer!
- 1Dan. 9.1, 2, 3, &c.
3. When a gracious Soul is under any sore and grievous Affliction. David in his Distress and Affliction cried mightily to God. Is any afflicted? let him pray; that is, let him be more abundantly in that Duty. James 5.13.
4. When Sin abounds, or in a Day of great Rebuke and Blasphemy: When Hell seems to be let loose, or the Flood-gates of Wickedness opened wide in a Nation, then it is a Time for the Godly to be much in Prayer. Jer. 13.19. Isa. 37.23.