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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. Prayer is a great Ordinance, if we consider the Power and Prevalency of it Luther ascribed to Prayer a kind of Omnipotency. It hath prevailed over Fire, Water, and Earth; it hath stopped the Sun in its Course. It hath prevailed over evil Angels it hath cast the Devil out, and broke his Kingdom down. It hath had Power over the good Angels, as appears in the Case of Elisha; it fetched them from Heaven to be his Guard and Protection, 2 King. 9.6, 17. Nay, it hath prevailed with Christ himself, the Angel of the Covenant, as appears in Jacob's Case: As a Prince, thou hast wrestled with God, and hast prevailed. It hath healed the Sick, raised the Dead, stopped the Lion's Mouth, and hath subdued and put to flight the Armies of Aliens;1 hath opened Prison-Doors, and broke in pieces Chains, Gates, and Bars of Iron and Brass. There is none of the battering Rams, or Artillery of Hell can stand against it. 'Tis like an Engine (as one observes) that makes the Persecutors tremble; and woe to them that are the Buts and Marks that it is levelled at, when it is fired with the Fire of the Spirit, and discharged in the Strength of Faith. 'Tis said, Mary Queen of Scots dreaded more the Prayers of Mr. Knox, than an Army of Twenty Thousand Men; she had more cause, than an Army of Ten Hundred Thousand. 'Tis said of the Witnesses, that They have Power to shut Heaven, 2that it rain not in the Days of their Prophecy; and have Power over Waters, to turn them into Blood, and to smite the Earth with Plagues, as often as they will. How do they this, but by Prayer?
2. Prayer is a great Ordinance, if we consider the Power and Prevalency of it Luther ascribed to Prayer a kind of Omnipotency. It hath prevailed over Fire, Water, and Earth; it hath stopp'd the Sun in its Course. It hath prevailed over evil Angels it hath cast the Devil out, and broke his Kingdom down. It hath had Power over the good Angels, as appears in the Case of Elisha; it fetched them from Heaven to be his Guard and Protection, 2 King. 9.6, 17. Nay, it hath prevailed with Christ himself, the Angel of the Covenant, as appears in Jacob's Case: As a Prince, thou hast wrestled with God, and hast prevailed. It hath healed the Sick, raised the Dead, stopp'd the Lion's Mouth, and hath subdued and put to flight the Armies of Aliens;