B25425:1799
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.
V. The Devil sins freely, naturally, with full purpose, and cannot but sin: So wicked Men sin freely, 'tis sweet and pleasant to them, 'tis like sweet Wine, &c. They delight in Sin;1 their Hearts (as Solomon says) are fully set in them to do wickedly: They drink in Iniquity, as the Fish drinks Water. Can the Ethiopian change his Skin? then may they who are accustomed to do Evil, learn to do well. Hence saith the Apostle, Having their Eyes full of Adultery, and that cannot cease from Sin.
V. The Devil sins freely, naturally, with full purpose, and cannot but sin: So wicked Men sin freely, 'tis sweet and pleasant to them, 'tis like sweet Wine, &c. They delight in Sin;1 their Hearts (as Solomon says) are fully set in them to do wickedly: They drink in Iniquity, as the Fish drinks Water. Can the Aethiopian change his Skin? then may they who are accustomed to do Evil, learn to do well. Hence saith the Apostle, Having their Eyes full of Adultery, and that cannot cease from Sin.
- 1Eccles 8.11. Job 15.16. Jer. 13.3. 2 Pet. 2.24
VI. The Devil hates those that are truly godly, and seeks to beguile and deceive them: So wicked and ungodly Men hate the Saints, and strive to entice and draw away their Hearts from God and his Ways. Hence, as Satan is called a Deceiver, and a Serpent, so are some of his Children.