B25425:1635
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.
The Epithets of this Beast are many, viz. Wild, sharp, Plower, Warrior, Horn-bearer, blockish, great, glistering, fierce, violent, &c.
The Epithets of this Beast are many, viz. Wild, sharp, Plower, Warrier, Horn-bearer, blockish, great, glistering, fierce, violent, &c.
Violent, cruel, and proud Persecutors, that abuse and infest the Poor and Needy, are compared to Bulls, Bulls of Bashan; that is, saith Glassius, the Enemies of Christ, who were strong and fierce, i. e. strong and outrageous Persons, such as were the High-Priests, Scribes, &c. that set themselves against Christ; so Ainsworth. Bashan was a fertile Country, famous for excellent Pasture, the Beasts that fed there being very fat, strong, and great. Hence the Bulls, Rams, or Heifers of Bashan, are metaphorically put for fat Ones, Deut. 32.14. which is transferred to Men, Prov. 22.12. Strong Bulls have beset me, &c. that is, Enemies strong, fierce, and cruel. The Oaks of Bashan are used in the like sense, Isa. 2.13. Zech. 11.2.
Violent, cruel, and proud Persecutors, that abuse and infest the Poor and Needy, are compared to Bulls, Bulls of Bashan; that is, saith Glassius, the Enemies of Christ, who were strong and fierce, i. e. strong and outragious Persons, such as were the High-Priests, Scribes, &c. that set themselves against Christ; so Ainsworth. Bashan was a fertile Country, famous for excellent Pasture, the Beasts that fed there being very fat, strong, and great. Hence the Bulls, Rams, or Heifers of Bashan, are metaphorically put for fat Ones, Deut. 32.14. which is transferred to Men,