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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.
Parallels.
I. A Steward is a Person that hath Goods or Moneys committed to his Charge: So every Christian hath many Goods, called Talents, committed to him,1 both Spirituals and Temporals.
II. A Steward cannot say, the Riches which are committed to him are his own; no, he is but the Steward of them, in Trust, they being the proper Right of another Man, or his Lord's Goods: So a Christian cannot say, any thing he hath is his own; all he is and hath is the Lord's.
III. A Steward ought to dispose of every thing committed to his Charge, according to the special Command of his Master, who possibly orders him to pay so much to such an one, and so much to such an one, and so much to such Poor that dwell in the Parish, &c. So every Christian ought to dispose of all his Lord's Goods, according to his express Command laid down in his Word, or he is no faithful Steward. So much he is required to dispose of to the Ministers of the Gospel, that may tend to make their Lives comfortable, and free them from the perplexing Cares of this Life, which greatly hinder them in their Ministry. The true Minister's Maintenance is jure divino, of divine Right: So hath the Lord ordained,