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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.
These Considerations seemed so weighty, as to incline me to employ some of that Time and Talent the Lord hath entrusted me with, to complete this Work.
These Considerations seemed so weighty, as to incline me to employ some of that Time and Talent the Lord hath entrusted me with, to compleat this Work.
'Tis obvious to every one's Observation, that the Holy Scripture abounds with Metaphors, Allegories, and other Tropes and Figures of Speech. Similitudes are borrowed from Visible Things, to set forth and illustrate the excellent Nature of Invisible Things; yea, heavenly Things are often called by the very Names that material or earthly Things are called, which is not to obscure or hide the meaning of them from us, but to accommodate them to our Understanding; God by a gracious [Greek or Hebrew], or Condescension, conveying the Knowledge of Himself, and spiritual Things, by preaching them by their respective ⟨image 3⟩earthly Similitudes, &c. If I have told you of earthly Things, and ye believe not; how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly Things? John 3.12. And tho the Stile of the Holy Scripture is not varnished with that Delicacy of superficial Ornament, that jingling Cadency of Sounds, and Fancy-pleasing Trifles, as the pompous Oratory of Greece and Rome is beautified with; yet it has Qualities far more excellent: 'Tis grave and masculine; it hath a magnificent, commanding Elegance, peculiar to it self, suitable to the lofty Things it treats of, which no other Writing can imitate; reaching the inner Rooms of the Soul, and stirring up Affections, in so spiritual and sublime a kind, as the artificial Bravery of Cicero, or Quintilian's Elocution, could never do. There are Mysteries, which Nature, as such, (however adorned with Philosophical Notions, or Metaphysical Speculations,) cannot comprehend: They are like the Waters of the Sanctuary, where a Lamb may wade, and an Elephant may swim: A weak Christian that is gracious, may go through, were the unsanctified Schoolman may be plunged and overwhelmed: They are so plain and easy, that a Babe in Christ may understand them; and some Places so difficult, as to find Work for the utmost Study and Inquisition of the most knowing.