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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.
Touching the several Metaphorical Notations of this Term [Salt,] we shall refer you unto the Eleventh Chapter of Philologia Sacra.
TOuching the several Metaphorical Notations of this Term [Salt,] we shall refer you unto the Eleventh Chapter of Philologia Sacra.
By Salt in this place, is meant the blessed and most precious Grace of the Spirit.
Metaphor. | Parallel. Salt is of a searching quality; if it be laid or rubbed upon Meat, it will pierce and search it to the very Bone. | True Grace, or the spiritual Operation of the Spirit, is of a searching nature; it will (when received in Truth) infuse it self into every Faculty of the Soul: The Spirit searcheth all things, yea, 1the deep things of God. If there be any Sin hid, it will search and find it out. ⟨p. 2⟩Simile. | Parallel. II. Salt is of a purging, cleansing, and purifying nature; it will work out Blood, Filth, &c. as common Experience shows. | II. Grace is of a purging and purifying virtue; it will not only search Corruption out, whether it be in the Heart or Life, but also in a blessed manner purge and work it forth: He that hath this Hope, 2purifieth himself, even as he is pure. III. Salt hath a preserving quality; it will not only purge Corruption out of Meat, but also preserve Meat, and other things, from Corruption and Putrefaction. | III. Grace preserves the Soul from all manner of Sin and Defilements; it will not suffer a Saint to run with others to the same excess of Riot;