B25425:1861
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.
Isa. 58.1. Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy Voice like a Trumpet. Joel 2.1. Blow ye the Trumpet in Zion. 1 Cor. 4.8. If the Trumpet give an uncertain Sound, who shall prepare himself for the Battle?
Isa. 58.1. Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy Voice like a Trumpet. Joel 2.1. Blow ye the Trumpet in Zion. 1 Cor. 4.8. If the Trumpet give an uncertain Sound, who shall prepare himself for the Battel?
Ministers may fitly be compared to Trumpeters, as divers worthy Men have observed, from these and some other Texts of Scripture: They were the Priests of the Lord in the time of the Law, that blew the Trumpets, &c.
MInisters may fitly be compared to Trumpeters, as divers worthy Men have observed, from these and some other Texts of Scripture: They were the Priests of the Lord in the time of the Law, that blew the Trumpets, &c.
Simile. | Parallel. A Trumpeter ought to have Skill, and be well instructed to blow a Trumpet, before he take upon him that Employ. | SO a Man ought to have much Wisdom, and be well-instructed in the Mysteries of the Gospel, and also with the Work, Care, and Office of a Minister, before he take upon him that great Employ. Ministers ought to be experienced Men. II. A Trumpeter ought to be one that is strong to blow, for that weak and defective Men cannot sound a Trumpet. | II. So Ministers ought to be strong in the Lord, and in the Power of his Might, endued with much of the Spirit, that they may lift up their Voices like a Trumpet. III. A Trumpeter is called to that Place and Office by the Captain, or chief Commander of the Troop. A Man is not to force himself upon a Troop, and say, I will be your Trumpeter; but must be tried, listed, and orderly entered into that Troop. | III. So every true Minister must have a Call to that Place and Function by Jesus Christ; that is to say, ought to be a Person well-gifted and qualified for the Work, and that in the Judgment of the Church, and there to be chosen and called forth by them: How shall they preach, except they be sent? A Man,