B25425:1925
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.
1 Cor. 3.10. According to the Grace of God which is given me, as a wise Master-Builder, I have laid the Foundation, &c.
A Builder is a Metaphor taken from Carpenters and Masons, &c. that build Houses; the Hebrew Word by which Building is expressed, is derived from the Root, [Greek or Hebrew] to build or rear an House or City. God in Christ is the chief Master-Builder: He that built all Things, is God; 1and he is the great Builder of his Temple: Upon this Rock will I build my Church, &c. And yet Ministers under him are likewise Master-Builders, &c.
A Builder is a Metaphor taken from Carpenters and Masons, &c. that build Houses; the Hebrew Word by which Building is expressed, is derived from the Root, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 to build or rear an House or City. God in Christ is the chief Master-Builder: He that built all Things, is God; 1and he is the great Builder of his Temple: Ʋpon this Rock will I build my Church, &c. And yet Ministers under him are likewise Master-Builders, &c.
Metaphor. | Parallel. A Wise Master-Builder gives direction to others, how the House, &c. must be built; and to this purpose shows the Figure or true Form of it, that so other Under-Builders may know how to go on with their Work. | SO St. Paul, and other great and wise Master-Builders, (the Apostles) have given plain Directions to us, and all inferior Builders, how the House of God must be built, and with what Materials; and they have left in the holy Gospel a plain Scheme or Figure of it, that so all spiritual Builders may know how to proceed in their Work. II. A Master-Builder takes special care rightly to lay the Foundation, upon which the whole Fabric or Structure is to be built, &c. | II. So the Apostles have, as Instruments in God's hand, laid the Foundation of the true Religion, the Foundation of Faith and Salvation, the Foundation of the true Church, &c.