B25425:1891
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.
Ministers compared to Fathers.
1 Cor. 4.15. For tho you have ten thousand Instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many Fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the Gospel.
Ministers are Fathers, spiritual Fathers to Believers.
MInisters are Fathers, spiritual Fathers to Believers.
Metaphor. | Parallel. Father is a Name of Dignity, Headship, and Authority; hence the Rulers of Israel were called Fathers. | Ministers are Men of Name, Power, and Dignity; they are Christ's Substitutes; hence called Rulers. II. Some are called Fathers, because they beget Children; this is the common Appellation and Notion of the Word. | II. Ministers, by the preaching of the Gospel, in a spiritual way, beget Christians to Jesus Christ:1 I have begotten you through the Gospel. III. Fathers train up and nourish their Children, showing much Tenderness and Compassion towards them; they are said to pity their Children. | III. Faithful Ministers also train up those Christians they have begotten to Christ, in the further Knowledge of the Truth, being very tender of them. As you know how we exhorted, and comforted,