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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.
The Saints God's Jewels.
The Saints God's Iewels.
Mal. 3.17. They shall be mine in that Day when I make up my Jewels.
The Saints are in this Place called Jewels, they are God's choice Jewels: There is nothing so excellent in the Eyes of Men, but God's People are as amiable in his Sight; and why he calls them his Jewels, is opened in the following Parallel.
THe Saints are in this Place called Jewels, they are God's choice Jewels: There is nothing so excellent in the Eyes of Men, but God's People are as amiable in his Sight; and why he calls them his Jewels, is opened in the following Parallel.
Metaphor. | Parallel. Jewels are rare and excellent Things, made by the hands of curious Workmen; they are made of precious Stones, set in Gold and Silver. | The Saints are to God most choice and excellent Ones:1