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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.
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 The King's Daughter is all glorious within. These Jewels are made up of a Complication of all the precious Graces of the Holy Spirit. II. Some Jewels are long in making; they are not made near so soon as some others are. They carry on their Work gradually, every Day's Work adds to their Beauty and Richness; yet having begun, they resolve to go forward, and never cease till they have finished them, and made them up, quite fit for the Cabinet. | II. So some of the Saints are not so soon made up and fitted for Heaven, as others are; God carries on the Work of Grace gradually. All Persons, as soon as ever they are converted, are not made fit for Heaven, but they must go from one degree of Grace to another. Yet God hath promised to perfect the Work he hath begun; he will never cease, until he hath made up the Jewels he hath begun to make. He that hath begun a good Work in you,