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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.
Saints compared to Doves.
Mat. 10.16. Be ye harmless as Doves.
Doves are, 1. Meek. 2. Harmless. 3. Chaste. 4. They make their Nests in a Rock. 5. They feed upon pure Grain, not on Carrion, as Fowls of Prey do. 6. Have a lovely Eye, and always fixed upon their Mates. 7. They love to keep Company together. 8. Mourn when they have lost the Sight of their Mates. 9. They are often molested by Fowls of Prey. 10. They are very fruitful. 11. They love to be by sweet Springs and Rivers of Water. 12. They were appointed under the Law for Sacrifices. 13. They have no Defence but by Flight. Upon all these Considerations Saints may be compared to Doves; which is largely opened under the Eighth Head of Metaphors, concerning the Church, to which we refer you.
DOves are, 1. Meek. 2. Harmless. 3. Chast. 4. They make their Nests in a Rock. 5. They feed upon pure Grain, not on Cartion, as Fowls of Prey do. 6. Have a lovely Eye, and always fixed upon their Mates. 7. They love to keep Company together. 8. Mourn when they have lost the Sight of their Mates. 9. They are often molested by Fowls of Prey. 10. They are very fruitful. 11. They love to be by sweet Springs and Rivers of Water. 12. They were appointed under the Law for Sacrifices. 13. They have no Defence but by Flight. Upon all these Considerations Saints may be compared to Doves; which is largely opened under the Eighth Head of Metaphors, concerning the Church, to which we refer you.