B25425:1920
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.
III. It shows us, that all our good Fruit is from Jesus Christ, and by means of that blessed, mysterious, and glorious Union with him.
III. It shews us, that all our good Fruit is from Jesus Christ, and by means of that blessed, mysterious, and glorious Union with him.
IV. Ministers ought to be Men of Wisdom, such as are faithful, able, and willing to labour, Men that are not idle.
V. It reproves not only such Saints, that take up with the Name of Plants in God's Vineyard, and bring not forth Fruit; but also Churches, that see not, or will not see, nor learn their Duty to their painful and faithful Ministers.
VI. It shows the Folly and Madness of all those that go about to hinder or spoil the Work of those spiritual Planters, God's Ministers: For what would Men think of such, that should suffer none to plant, nor any Plant or Tree to grow, nay, destroy (in as much as in them lieth) all the Vineyards, Orchards, and Gardens in the Place or Country where they dwell? Such like Work do all those that persecute God's faithful Ministers and People.