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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.
Hosea 4.16. Now the Lord will feed them, as a Lamb in a large Place.
Expositors differ about the Meaning of these Words. Mercer and Vatablus (as Mr. Burroughs observes) would carry it thus, Laute ut Agnus, mox mactatur: As a Lamb, when it hath large Food, it is soon slain: so God threateneth Ephraim, that he will soon make an end of them; only he will let them prosper for a while, and feed them largely, but it shall be for the Slaughter, &c. But others rather understand, that God would bring Ephraim under such Affliction, as should humble them, and make them as a Lamb: Feed them as a Lamb, parcè ac tenuiter; not fed as an Heifer, that noted their Prosperity; but fed as a Lamb, that noteth their Adversity: For the Food of a Lamb differeth from the Food of an Heifer. That which will feed a Lamb, will starve an Heifer, or an Ox. They have, saith God, been proud and wanton in the Enjoyment of Peace and Plenty; but now they shall have short Commons; I will bring them down, and lay them low at my Feet; they shall be as a Lamb that picks up Grass in the Wilderness, as a Lamb in a large Place: That is, saith Mr. Burroughs, they shall ⟨p. 193⟩be dispersed among the Countries. They would not be satisfied in Canaan, which was a narrow Place, and with the Sheepfold of mine that was therein; and now they shall have more Room, they shall go into a large Place, but it shall be into Captivity.
EXpositors differ about the Meaning of these Words. Mercer and Vatablus (as Mr. Burroughs observes) would carry it thus, Laute ut Agnus, mox mactatur: As a Lamb, when it hath large Food, it is soon slain: so God threatneth Ephraim, that he will soon make an end of them; only he will let them prosper for a while, and feed them largely, but it shall be for the Slaughter, &c. But others rather understand, that God would bring Ephraim under such Affliction, as should humble them, and make them as a Lamb: Feed them as a Lamb, parcè ac tenuiter; not fed as an Heifer, that noted their Prosperity; but fed as a Lamb, that noteth their Adversity: For the Food of a Lamb differeth from the Food of an Heifer. That which will feed a Lamb, will starve an Heifer, or an Ox. They have, saith God, been proud and wanton in the Enjoyment of Peace and Plenty; but now they shall have short Commons; I will bring them down, and lay them low at my Feet; they shall be as a Lamb that picks up Grass in the Wilderness, as a Lamb in a large Place: That is, saith Mr. Burroughs, they shall