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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.
Ye that were sometimes in Darkness, &c. VIII. Some Persons that have been in Captivity have been almost starved to Death, having had little more than Bread and Water afforded them, nay, have been forced to eat such things as were not fit for Food. | VIII. Wicked Men, who are the Captives of Sin and Satan, are kept at hard Commons; they never yet had the least Taste of that which is really good, but they spend their Money for that which is not Bread, and their Labour for that which satisfieth not. And therefore saith God,1 Hearken diligently unto me, and eat that which is good, and let your Soul delight it self in Fatness. Pray observe what the Holy-Ghost compares the Food of ungodly Sinners to: First, They are said to feed on the Wind; secondly, to feed on Ashes; and thirdly, on Gravel; and fourthly, on Husks.2 The Prodigal would fain have filled his Belly with the Husks which the Swine did eat. Should a poor Captive have nothing allowed him to eat, but Husks, Gravel, or Ashes, all would conclude his Condition to be very miserable: so miserable are all ungodly Sinners. Alas! all the Pleasures, Riches and Honours of this World, or whatsoever it is that they feed upon, or let their Hearts run out after, are, in comparison of Christ the Bread of Life, and those other good Things which Believers daily feed and feast upon, but as feeding on Husks and Gravel. If Men naturally have no Food to eat, they will pine away, and soon die: So were it not for those earthly Comforts, that the Ungodly have to feed upon, and support their Spirits with, (tho you see what the Nature of them is) they would soon pine away. Do but dispossess them of any of these earthly Enjoyments,3 and their Hearts (like the Heart of Nabal) would presently die in them; for they never tasted how good the Lord is, how sweet Promises are, what it is to have the Love and Favour of God; never tasted of the Feast of a good Conscience, nor of the Comforts of the Holy-Ghost. IX. Some Persons that have been taken captive, have been grievously wounded; they have not only been stripped, put into Prison, and almost starved to Death, but also have lain there in a sad, bloody, and mangled Condition, and their Wounds let alone to fester, stink, and be very loathsome. | IX.
Ye that were sometimes in Darkness, &c. VIII. Some Persons that have been in Captivity have been almost starved to Death, having had little more than Bread and Water afforded them, nay, have been forced to eat such things as were not fit for Food. | VIII. Wicked Men, who are the Captives of Sin and Satan, are kept at hard Commons; they never yet had the least Taste of that which is really good, but they spend their Money for that which is not Bread, and their Labour for that which satisfieth not. And therefore saith God,