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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.
1. For us without us: When he ascended on high, he led Captivity captive. He took him captive,1 that had taken Mankind captive. Having spoiled Principalities and Powers, he made a Show of them openly, (the Work is already done) triumphing over them in it.
1. For us without us: When he ascended on high, he led Captivity captive. He took him captive,1 that had taken Mankind captive. Having spoiled Principalities and Powers, he made a Shew of them openly, (the Work is already done) triumphing over them in it.
2. This Conquest is wrought by Christ also in the Soul; for palpable it is, that every unconverted Person is under the Power of these cruel Enemies, (as hath been already shown) and have they a sufficient Power of their own to encounter with them? Is sinful, weak, and depraved Man, a Match for Satan? Is he able to subdue and overcome him? Or can he by any inherent Power of his own destroy the Power of Sin, and change his own Heart? Can the Ethiopian change his Skin, or the Leopard his Spots? 1Is Man able to raise himself from the Power of the Grave? Any of these things are too hard for Sinners to do; and therefore it follows, Christ must conquer these Enemies in us, he must break our Bonds, and burst our Chains in pieces, &c. Pray remember, Christ is a perfect and complete Saviour, he alone doth the Work,2