B25425:1722
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.
Parallels.
I. Nakedness since the Fall doth not only import not having of Clothes, but the Want of Clothes. As Adam before he fell, had no Clothes, so he needed none; his Nakedness was an Ornament to him; but no sooner had he sinned, but he saw the want of a Garment: So all ungodly Men are not only without spiritual Clothes, but they exceedingly need them; as they have no Righteousness to cover them, so 'tis their Misery. 'Tis a lamentable thing to be naked, and 'tis a far more grievous thing to be spiritually naked, to have no real and divine Cover for the Soul.
I. NAkedness since the Fall doth not only import not having of Clothes, but the Want of Clothes. As Adam before he fell, had no Clothes, so he needed none; his Nakedness was an Ornament to him; but no sooner had he sinned, but he saw the want of a Garment: So all ungodly Men are not only without spiritual Clothes, but they exceedingly need them; as they have no Righteousness to cover them, so 'tis their Misery. 'Tis a lamentable thing to be naked, and 'tis a far more grievous thing to be spiritually naked, to have no real and divine Cover for the Soul.
II. The Shame, Deformity, and all natural Filthiness of a naked Person doth appear; 'tis visible, and he is thereby exposed to Reproach: So the Shame, Deformity, and Vileness of wicked Men, who are spiritually naked, (having not the Righteousness of Christ to cover them) doth appear; and this exposeth them to Shame and Reproach. Sin is the Shame of any People. To see a Man naked,1 that hath a rotten ⟨p. 248⟩