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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.
4. Many ways hath God used to awaken thee: He hath employed his Ministers, he hath set Conscience on work, he hath brought forth many dreadful Judgments, and all to awaken thee; and shall all Means fail and be insufficient?
5. Thou losest many choice Blessings by lying thus asleep in thy Sin.
6. There is Grace offered you, Pardon offered you, Peace offered you; and will not this stir you up? Nay, more than all, Christ is offered you, Heaven offered you, a Kingdom, and Crown of endless Glory is offered you: Soul, rouse up, and look about, consider the Opportunity that is now in your hands; will not Life and Light, Pardon and Peace, God and Christ, Heaven and Happiness, do you much Good?
17. 'Tis Harvest-Time. Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her Ways, and be wise. She provideth her Meat in the Summer, and gathereth her Food in the Harvest. And shall such a small and contemptible Animal be wiser than you?