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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.
Wicked Men compared to painted Sepulchres.
Wicked Men compared to painted Sepulchers.
Mat. 23.27. Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees, Hypocrites, for ye are like unto whited Sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful without, but within full of dead Men's Bones, and all Uncleanness.
Mat. 23.27. Wo unto you Scribes and Pharisees, Hypocrites, for ye are like unto whited Sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful without, but within full of dead Men's Bones, and all Ʋncleanness.
They are principally Hypocrites which our Saviour resembles to whited Sepulchres; and how fitly they may be compared thereunto, is showed in the following Parallel.
THey are principally Hypocrites which our Saviour resembles to whited Sepulchres; and how fitly they may be compared thereunto, is shewed in the following Parallel.
Simile. | Parallel. A Painted Sepulchre appears, as the Text saith, beautiful without. | SO vile Hypocrites appear glorious and beautiful to Men, as if they were real Saints; they seem very devout in appearance, and outward Show, to those that only behold their Outside, 'tis God only that sees the Heart. II. Sepulchres, tho they appear beautiful without, yet they are very loathsome within. | II. So Hypocrites, tho they may appear holy and religious to Men, or to the outward Eye, yet are within vile and ungodly, full of Pride, Vain-Glory, Envy, Malice, Covetousness, and every horrid and abominable Lust, which makes them as loathsome in the sight of God, as a stinking Sepulchre is to us: A wicked Man,