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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.
IN this Metaphor the Lord Jesus commends unto us an holy Duty, viz. to shine before others in a holy Life and Doctrine. Saints should be like John Baptist, burning and shining Lights.
1. Light is taken properly. 2. Metaphorically.
1. Properly, for that noble Quality that enlightens the World. Lux, claritas & splendour in corpore luminoso, vel extra, à corpore luminoso exiens, quae & Lumen dicitur. God said, Let there be Light, and there was Light, &c.
1. Properly, for that noble Quality that enlightens the World. Lux, claritas & splendor in corpore luminoso, vel extra, à corpore luminoso exiens, quae & Lumen dicitur. God said, Let there be Light, and there was Light, &c.
2. Metaphorically, it is put for several Things. See the First Volume, Book 3. p. 1, 2. Ye are the Light of the World, &c.1 Principally Christ himself is the Light of the World, the great Light that gives Light to the other Luminaries. The Saints receive Light from Christ, as the Moon receives her Light from the Sun, and thereby gives Light to the World in the Night. The Saints are but small Lights, hence called Stars, who give but little Light in comparison of the Sun; or they are rather as Candles, which God hath lighted and set up.