B25425:1659
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.
Lastly, Not only shall their Meat be taken away, but they themselves shall be scattered and dispersed; this is the last step of their calamity. Their Dens shall be broken up, and their lurking places shall be opened, they shall run from place to place, from Nation to Nation: this is the Judgment of the Lord upon Lions, and the Portion of the cruel Enemies of our God.
Who hath not seen the Truth of all this in our days? We have had Lions, roaring Lions, rending, tearing Lions amongst us: It was usual among the Heathen in their Persecutions to cry out, Away with the Christians to the Lions! this we have often seen, in the Figure, poor Christians sent to the Lions; put under the Power of Men, as cruel, as bloody, as Lions. Many an one might say (as David, Psal. 57.4.) My Soul is among Lions. When the Watchmen (in the Prophet) was asked, Watch-man, what of the Night? he answered, A Lion, my Lord, (Isa. 21.8.) Our sorrowful Watch-men standing upon their Towers (considering these sad times, being asked, What of the Day? have answered, We see a Lion, a company of Lions, tearing and rending in many parts of the Nation; not Bodies and States only, but Souls and Consciences. God hath wonderfully delivered his Darling from the Lions, his Daniels from the Lions ⟨p. 240⟩Den. He hath already delivered so far, that the Lions dare not roar, as they were wont, the Teeth of many of the young Lions are broken, many of the old Lions are ready to perish for want of Prey, and not a few of their Whelps are scattered abroad. God hath raised up Samsons to tear these Lions, which roared upon us, he hath stirred up Davids to smite these Lions, and rescue the Prey out of their Teeth; and tho many Lions are amongst us, yet they dare not roar, much less, tear as they have done; tho the Beasts be alive, yet (for the most part) the Lions are dead: they are Beasts still, as base, vile, and bloody in their Natures as ever, but their powerful Lion-like Strength is abated. That glorious Prophecy is in some sense, and in some part fulfilled at this day, The Wolf dwells with the Lamb, the Leopard lies down with the Kid, and the Calf and the young Lion, and the fatling together, and a little Child may lead them; they cannot, they dare not, hurt nor destroy in all our Mountain,