B25425:1497
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 Debtors.
Mat. 5.25, 26. Agree with thine Adversary quickly, whilst thou art in the way with him; lest any time the Adversary deliver thee to the Judg, and the Judg deliver the to thee Officer, and thou be cast into Prison. Vers. 26. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost Farthing. Mat. 18.24. And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which ought him ten thousand Talents.
IN both these Places Sin is called a Debt, and the Sinner a Debtor. The Reason of which is showed under the Head of Metaphors concerning Sin, where Sin is compared to a Debt; unto which we refer you.
IN both these Places Sin is called a Debt, and the Sinner a Debtor. The Reason of which is shewed under the Head of Metaphors concerning Sin, where Sin is compared to a Debt; unto which we refer you.
Metaphor. | Parallel. A Debtor is one that oweth Money, Duty, &c. to his Neighbour; also one that is a Trespasser, an Offender, or guilty Person. A Man may be a Debtor by Office,