B25425:1803
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.
IX. The Devil trembles at the thoughts of God's Wrath, and dreads the Day that is coming: So do wicked Men fear him, not because they love him, but because they are his Enemies, and as such, they fear he will one day reckon with them.
X. The Devil tempts to Sin; he is not contented to be vile himself, but he would fain have others be vile and ungodly as well as he: So wicked Men tempt, entice, and draw others to Sin; they are not content to be ungodly themselves, but strive to defile and corrupt others also.
XI. The Devil is a Murderer, a great Murderer, and takes delight in shedding of Blood,1 and making Desolation in the Earth, hence called a Lion, and a Dragon: So wicked Persecutors are in this the very Picture of the Devil, viz. great Murderers; their Feet run swift to shed Blood. How many thousands of innocent Souls have the bloody Roman Devils destroyed within these twelve hundred Years! They delight in spoiling, and making desolate the Inhabitants of the Earth, who oppose their Pride,2 or stand in the way of their Exaltation; and thence they are called Lions and Dragons likewise.
XI. The Devil is a Murtherer, a great Murtherer, and takes delight in shedding of Blood,1 and making Desolation in the Earth, hence called a Lion, and a Dragon: So wicked Persecutors are in this the very Picture of the Devil, viz. great Murtherers; their Feet run swift to shed Blood. How many thousands of innocent Souls have the bloody Roman Devils destroyed within these twelve hundred Years! They delight in spoiling, and making desolate the Inhabitants of the Earth, who oppose their Pride,