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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.
Quest. How, by what means, and by whom (may some poor ignorant Soul say) is Deliverance brought about?
1. There was no other Way found out to bring Sinners out of this their miserable Condition, but a great Sum must be laid down: Ye are bought with a Price. 1But know this, We are not redeemed with corruptible things, as Silver and Gold, &c. All the Gold and Silver in the World, and all the Riches thereof, were there Ten Thousand Worlds more, could not redeem one Soul out of this State of Bondage and Slavery to Sin and Satan. The Redemption of the Soul is precious, 2and ceaseth for ever. Nay, if a Man should offer up his Son or Daughter, the Fruit of his Body, for the Sin of his Soul, it would be utterly rejected, Nothing could redeem us but the Price of Blood, and that too the precious Blood of Jesus Christ, 3