B25425:1928
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.
Prepare thy Work without, and make it fit for thy self in the Field, and then build thy House. 1They must not lay Stones into the Building, as they come out of the Quarry from whence they are digged, such Persons as were never converted, nor capable Subjects of it; and then afterwards, when they are put into God's House, go about to hew them by the Word, i. e. endeavour to convert them. Ministers are Hewers, and the Axe is the Word of God: I have hewed them by the Prophets; But they must proceed orderly, i. e. not baptize,2 and then teach; but first teach, or make Disciples, and then baptize them. ⟨p. 278⟩VI. A Builder can tell how many principal Pillars or Posts belong unto the House or Building, and sees to fit all the Materials thereof in their proper place, and will be sure to see that he wants never a principal Pillar. | VI. So Ministers can tell how many fundamental Principles there are of the Christian Religion, I mean, Principles necessary to Salvation; and also the Number of the Foundations of Church-Constitution and Fellowship; and will see that every thing they do be done orderly, every thing fitted according to the Directions of God's Word; and that they want not any one of the Foundation-Principles of the Christian Religion. 'Tis dangerous, you know, if a House be to be built upon six main Pillars, if it want one. Read Heb. 6.1, 2. VII. A Builder has his Rule, by which he doth all his Work: He does not work by Guess, nor by the Sight of his own Eye only, but by a certain and unerring Rule. | VII. So a wise Minister hath his Rule, viz. the Word of God; he doth not do what he thinks is right in his own Eyes, until he hath tried it by the Rule; nor will he follow the Humour and Fancy of others, who may say, this is right, and that is right: but according as he finds Things to agree or disagree with the holy Scriptures, and Spirit of God, that unerring Rule, by which he receives, or rejects, takes, or leaves: He, with Moses, will do all things according to the Pattern showed in the Mount: As many as walk according to this Rule, Peace be on them, and Mercy, 3and upon the whole Israel of God. The Word of God should be our Guide in all Things. VIII. A wise Builder takes care that all the Building be fitly framed together, and well fastened to the Foundation. | VIII.