B25425:1373
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.
III. Kings have their Crowns, and do reign, or else expect to reign: So the Saints have a Crown laid up for them:1 Henceforth there is laid up for me a Crown of Righteousness, which God the Righteous Judg shall give unto me at that day; and not to me only, but to all them also that love his Appearance. Be thou faithful unto Death, 2and I will give thee a Crown of Life. And as they shall have a Crown, so they shall reign upon the Earth as Kings.
IV. Kings are the principal Men on Earth, far exceeding in Honour and Excellency all common People: So the Saints are the chief and principal Ones, or the most excellent in all the Earth; it may be said of them, as of Jabesh, 1they are more honourable than their Brethren. What base and ignoble Persons are the Wicked, to those noble Souls! The Ungodly, be they never so high and great in Power and Sovereignty, are compared to Things very base, vile, and contemptible, as will hereafter be shown. The Righteous is more excellent than his Neighbour.2
IV. Kings are the principal Men on Earth, far exceeding in Honour and Excellency all common People: So the Saints are the chief and principal Ones, or the most excellent in all the Earth; it may be said of them, as of Jabesh,