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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.
Psal. 92.12. The Righteous shall flourish like a Palm-Tree, &c. Cant. 7.7. This thy Stature is like a Palm-Tree, &c. Verse 8. I said, I will go up to the Palm-Tree, &c.
The Palm-Tree and Date-Tree is one and the same Tree, called in Hebrew Tamar, in Greek Phoenix.
THe Palm-Tree and Date-Tree is one and the same Tree, called in Hebrew Thamar, in Greek Phenix.
Why the Saints and People of God are compared to the Palm-Tree, will appear in the following Parallel.
Metaphor. | Parallel. The Palm-Tree is an excellent Tree, amiable to look upon; it is very tall, and all its Branches shoot upwards; there are none grow out of the Side, as in other Trees. | The Righteous, who are compared to a Palm-Tree, are a choice and excellent People; their Affections, like Branches, ascend, they are set upon Things above; they grow Heavenward.1