B25425:1969
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 Rulers.
Heb. 13.7. Remember them which have the Rule over you, who have spoken unto you the Word of God, &c.
Ministers of the Gospel are Rulers or Governors, &c.
MInisters of the Gospel are Rulers or Governors, &c.
Rulers. | Parallel. Rulers are Men in high Place, endued with Power and Authority over others; 'tis a Name of Dignity. | SO Ministers are the chief of God's People, such as have great Power committed to them, as the Deputies and Ambassadors of Christ. II. Rulers or Governors have a Law, by which they ought to rule and govern in all things. | II. So Ministers are to rule the House and Church of God by the Rule of God's Word. III. 'Tis an evil thing, and justly reprovable in Rulers, to exceed the Limits and Bounds of the Law by which they are to rule and govern, or to carry things according to their own Wills and Lusts, not regarding the fundamental Laws of the Land where they live. | III. So 'tis an abominable Evil in Ministers, to rule according to their own Wills, violating the Law of God. Ministers may exceed their due Bounds, and be arbitrary, and tyrannize over the People in things spiritual, as well as Civil Rulers or Magistrates in things temporal. IV. Rulers (in some places) are chosen by the People whom they govern; 'tis the People's Privilege to choose their Magistrates. | IV. So Ministers ought to be chosen by the Church; 'tis the Privilege of the People to choose their own Pastors, and other Officers, according to the Qualifications laid down by the Spirit of God.