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
Benjamin Keach 1640–1704London: printed by John Darby, 1682
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(3.) Because tho there might be a Body of good People with Constantine, when he overthrew Maxentius, yet the Power of the Kingdom was not so established in the hand of good People, as not afterward to be left to others, as the Text affirms; And the Kingdom shall not be left to another People: For (as we shall anon show) the Kingdom or Power that ceased to be in the hands of Heathens, and by a mighty and divine ⟨p. 306⟩Providence came to be in the hands of a worthy and renowned Christian Emperor, came afterwards into the hands of very Devils incarnate, who acted all the Violence of the Heathen Power over again, and indeed out-did them.
(3.) Because tho there might be a Body of good People with Constantine, when he overthrew Maxentius, yet the Power of the Kingdom was not so established in the hand of good People, as not afterward to be left to others, as the Text affirms; And the Kingdom shall not be left to another People: For (as we shall anon shew) the Kingdom or Power that ceased to be in the hands of Heathens, and by a mighty and divine ⟨p. 306⟩Providence came to be in the hands of a worthy and renowned Christian Emperor, came afterwards into the hands of very Devils incarnate, who acted all the Violence of the Heathen Power over again, and indeed out-did them.
9. Those that are for confining this Babylon to the Power of Rome in its Heathen State, are not well aware what they do; for if they do demand it, their Opposites, who hold it to be Rome Papal, may grant it for Argument's sake: But then the Remedy is worse than the Disease; for they slip into such a Precipice, as neither Baronius, Bellarmine, Dr. Hammond, or the Rhemists, can save or deliver them from. The true State of the Case is this:
Rome Heathen is Mystery Babylon; this say the Papists: And the more willing they are to say so, because it is a good Argument to prove that Peter was at Rome, he subscribing his first Epistle from Babylon, 1 Pet. 5.13. The Church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you, &c. But this being allowed, the worst is to come. This Babylon is destroyed, when the Power of Rome Heathen is taken away, so as to be no more for ever; but then what Condition doth the State of Babylon fall into? Doth it become the Throne of the Lamb, the City of the Living God, the Habitation of Holiness, and Dwelling-place of Zion, the true Church, the Place of the holy Ones, and Saints of the Most High? O no! What then? Hearken, and an Angel from Heaven shall tell you, Rev. 18.1, 2. And after these Things (of the Horns hating the Whore, making of her naked, and burning her Flesh with Fire) I saw another Angel come down from Heaven, having great Power, and the Earth was lightened with his Glory; and he cried mightily, with a strong Voice, saying, Babylon the Great is fallen, is fallen; and is become the Habitation of Devils, and the Hold of every foul Spirit, and a Cage of every unclean and hateful Bird. Now, you Papists, if you will needs have Babylon to be Rome Heathen, take it, and much Good do you with it; but then make Rome Papal better than an Habitation of Devils, if you can.
Rome Heathen is Mystery Babylon; this say the Papists: And the more willing they are to say so, because it is a good Argument to prove that Peter was at Rome, he subscribing his first Epistle from Babylon, 1 Pet. 5.13. The Church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you, &c. But this being allowed, the worst is to come. This Babylon is destroyed, when the Power of Rome Heathen is taken away, so as to be no more for ever; but then what Condition doth the State of Babylon fall into? Doth it become the Throne of the Lamb, the City of the Living God, the Habitation of Holiness, and Dwelling-place of Zion, the true Church, the Place of the holy Ones, and Saints of the Most High? O no! What then? Hearken, and an Angel from Heaven shall tell you, Rev. 18.1, 2. And after these Things (of the Horns hating the Whore, making of her naked, and burning her Flesh with Fire) I saw another Angel come down from Heaven, having great Power, and the Earth was lightned with his Glory; and he cried mightily, with a strong Voice, saying, Babylon the Great is fallen, is fallen; and is become the Habitation of Devils, and the Hold of every foul Spirit, and a Cage of every unclean and hateful Bird. Now, you Papists, if you will needs have Babylon to be Rome Heathen, take it, and much Good do you with it; but then make Rome Papal better than an Habitation of Devils, if you can.
If it be not Rome Heathen, then adieu to Dr. Hammond, and the Rhemists, we have what we desire: If it be, then Rome Papal is a far worse Place than Rome Heathen or Babylon ever was; — And then what a fine Church do the People make themselves?
10. If the Place, Seat, and City of Rome was not utterly ruined, (so as to be no more for ever as a Place of Commerce, Trade, and Human Society,) when the Heathen Power ceased, — then Rome Heathen cannot be this Babylon, because at the Ending and Downfall of this Babylon, the Place, Seat, and City is utterly ruined, so as to be no more a Place of Trade,1 Commerce, or human Society: And the ten Horns which thou sawest upon the Beast, these shall hate the Whore, and shall make her desolate, and shall eat her Flesh, and burn her with Fire. Verse 18. And the Woman which thou sawest is that great City which reigneth over the Kings of the Earth — for her Sins which God hath remembered, 2which have reached unto Heaven, therefore shall her Plagues come in one Day, Death, and Mourning, and Famine, and she shall be utterly burnt with Fire: For strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. Ver. 11, 12, 13. All Sorts of Merchandise, Traffic, Trade, and Commerce with humane Society, shall cease, so as to be no more in her at all; and the good Things which she in Fullness enjoyed before, even all Things that were dainty and goodly, are now departed from her, and she shall find them no more at all, vers. 14. for in one Hour is she made desolate. And a mighty Angel took up a Stone, like a great Mill-stone, and cast it into the Sea, saying, Thus with Violence shall that great City Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. Verse 21. And the Voice of Harpers, and Musicians, and of Pipers, and Trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no Craftsman, of whatsoever Craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the Sound of a Mill-stone shall be heard no more at all in thee. Verse 22. And the Light of the Candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the Voice of the Bridegroom, and of the Bride, shall be heard no more at all in thee. Verse 23.
10. If the Place, Seat, and City of Rome was not utterly ruined, (so as to be no more for ever as a Place of Commerce, Trade, and Human Society,) when the Heathen Power ceased, — then Rome Heathen cannot be this Babylon, because at the Ending and Downfall of this Babylon, the Place, Seat, and City is utterly ruined, so as to be no more a Place of Trade,1 Commerce, or human Society: And the ten Horns which thou sawest upon the Beast, these shall hate the Whore, and shall make her desolate, and shall eat her Flesh, and burn her with Fire. Verse 18. And the Woman which thou sawest is that great City which reigneth over the Kings of the Earth — for her Sins which God hath remembred,
But the Place, Seat, and City of Rome was not so utterly ruined as to be no more for ever a Place of Trade, Traffic, Merchandise, and humane Society, when the Heathen Power of Rome ended.
But the Place, Seat, and City of Rome was not so utterly ruined as to be no more for ever a Place of Trade, Traffick, Merchandize, and humane Society, when the Heathen Power of Rome ended.
Ergo, Rome Heathen cannot be the Whore of Babylon, under present Consideration, whose Seat or City hath since had a powerful Government, reigning in Pride and Pomp, for some hundreds of Years.
11. If Rome Papal be Mystery Babylon, the City of Pride and Confusion, that is set forth by St. John in the Apocalypse; then neither the City of Jerusalem, the Seat of the Turks and Saracens, nor Rome Heathen, is or can be the same: But Rome Papal is the Mystery Babylon set forth by St. John in the Apocalypse — Ergo neither the ⟨p. 307⟩City of Jerusalem, the Seat of the Turks and Saracens, nor Rome Heathen, can be the same.
11. If Rome Papal be Mystery Babylon, the City of Pride and Confusion, that is set forth by St. Jobn in the Apocalypse; then neither the City of Jerusalem, the Seat of the Turks and Saracens, nor Rome Heathen, is or can be the same: But Rome Papal is the Mystery Babylon set forth by St. John in the Apocalypse — Ergo neither the ⟨p. 307⟩City of Jerusalem, the Seat of the Turks and Saracens, nor Rome Heathen, can be the same.
If all the Marks and Characters left us upon Divine Record, to prove Mystery Babylon by, do more aptly and fitly agree to Rome Papal, than to the City of Jerusalem, the Seat of the Turks, or Rome Heathen: Then Rome Papal; and not any one of them, is Mystery Babylon.
For the clearing up of this Argument, we shall distinctly state the Character of Mystery Babylon, and run the Parallel betwixt her and Rome Papal, in this Method following.
1. Babylon is a Woman, which imports either a single Person, ranked in the Feminine Gender; or a Body of People related to some Head, Husband, or public Person, to whom she is joined in Wedlock, by Covenant, or Matrimonial Contract, as Eve was related to Adam, and therefore called Woman; or as Judah and Israel, who were joined in Covenant with God, and therefore called a Woman; or as the true Church now is married or joined to Christ, and therefore called a Woman. A single Person, as Eve was, she cannot be, because the Character given of her in respect of her State and Actions, doth no way comport with it: She must therefore be a Body of People, related to some Head, Husband, or public Person, as Judah and Israel of old was, who are often called by the Title of Woman; and in like manner Babylon, before her Degeneracy, were a People joined in Matrimonial Contract, by a Gospel-Covenant and Profession, to the Son of God.
1. Babylon is a Woman, which imports either a single Person, rank'd in the Feminine Gender; or a Body of People related to some Head, Husband, or publick Person, to whom she is joined in Wedlock, by Covenant, or Matrimonial Contract, as Eve was related to Adam, and therefore called Woman; or as Judah and Israel, who were joined in Covenant with God, and therefore called a Woman; or as the true Church now is married or joined to Christ, and therefore called a Woman. A single Person, as Eve was, she cannot be, because the Character given of her in respect of her State and Actions, doth no way comport with it: She must therefore be a Body of People, related to some Head, Husband, or publick Person, as Judah and Israel of old was, who are often called by the Title of Woman; and in like manner Babylon, before her Degeneracy, were a People joined in Matrimonial Contract, by a Gospel-Covenant and Profession, to the Son of God.
Metaphor. | Parallel.
Babylon imports a Body of People that was once united to the Son of God; and hence, Metaphorically called a Woman; And I saw a Woman sit, &c. And the Woman was arrayed, &c. And I saw the Woman Drunk, &c. Rev. 17.3, 4, 6. | Rome Papal, or the Church of Rome, is a Body, a great Body, a famous Body of People, and which were, before their Apostasy, a true Church, by Gospel-Covenant and Profession united to the Son of God▪ as her public Head and Husband; Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ. To all that be in Rome,1 beloved of God, called to be Saints; Grace be to you, and Peace from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
II. Babylon is a City, a very great City, so called in a threefold respect:2 (1.) In respect of Power; (2.) In respect of People; (3) In respect of Place and Residence, where this Power and People is seated;3 City being indefinitely taken for either of these, or comprehending all, as in these Instances. | II. Rome Papal, or Church of Rome, is a City, a very great City, so called in a threefold respect, 1. In respect of Power, which is twofold, (1.) Civil, (2.) Ecclesiastical,4 signified by two Horns like a Lamb. 2. In respect of People, which are great in Number. 3. In respect of Place and Residence, where this Power and great People is seated; and indeed it is as worthily called, by way of Eminency, a City, as any Power, People, or Place in the Christian World, because there is nothing so much spoken of, or gives sadder occasion to be so much spoken of, as Rome, in respect of Power, People, and Place, which shall be further cleared by Argument, &c. The Fame of this People as a Church, was great, before the Power and chief Dominion of the Place was joined with it; as appears, Rom. 1.8. First, I thank my God, through Jesus Christ, for you all, that your Faith is spoken of throughout the whole World.
III. Babylon is not only a Woman, and a City, but a bad Woman, and a City of Confusion; ⟨p. 308⟩
There is the Name of the Lamb ⟨p. 308⟩much spoken of, but his Doctrine undervalued and slighted, his Laws trampled upon and violated, his Example not regarded for Imitation, either by the Bishop himself, his Cardinals, or inferior Orders, having his Humility and Self-denial only in Words, like those the Apostle speaketh of, that in Words profess God, but in Works deny him. For under this verbal Humility, here is the greatest Pride in the World; under this verbal Meekness and Self-denial, the greatest Oppression and Cruelty, Covetousness, and Love of the World; as appears by their pompous Garbs, their cruel Punishments, and the vast Sums of Money brought in from all parts of their Dominion, by Sleights, and cunning and deceitful Cheats: Besides, a mere Hodge-podg of Principles, one Order or Fraternity professing that which another writes against, and cries down; which is the more strange to come from a Church infallible: Besides the strange Mixtures in their visible Worship, of Traditions, and human Inventions, of lying and diabolical Tricks, of blessing by a Cross, consecrating holy Water, and cleansing by it, which are too numerous and tedious to relate, and the less needful, because every Man that hath seen their Ways, hath an imperfect Book of it in his own Mind, and can read the Truth of what we say within himself. And let any People in the Christian World, pretending to Religion, be compared to them, for supernumerary, trifling and insignificant Ceremonies, crowded into their pretended Worship; nay, let all the People in the Christian World be laid in the Balance against the Church of Rome in this respect, and they will be found inconceivably wanting; for which we have this Reason to judg her to be Babylon, and the City of Confusion.
If there is more Confusion (in Contrariety of Principles, Practices, contradicting Pretensions, crowding in Supernumeraries, and Mysteries of Unscriptural Inventions, into visible Worship) in Rome Papal, or the Church of Rome, than is to be found amongst any or all People pretending Religion, in the Christian World besides: Then is Rome Papal, or the Church of Rome, the great Babylon, or City of Confusion.
But there is more Confusion, in the forementioned Respects, to be found in Rome Papal, or the Church of Rome, than in any or all People pretending Religion in the Christian World besides: Ergo, &c.
⟨p. 307⟩IV.
which have reached unto Heaven, therefore shall her Plagues come in one Day, Death, and Mourning, and Famine, and she shall be utterly burnt with Fire: For strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. Ver. 11, 12, 13. All Sorts of Merchandize, Traffick, Trade, and Commerce with humane Society, shall cease, so as to be no more in her at all; and the good Things which she in Fulness enjoyed before, even all Things that were dainty and goodly, are now departed from her, and she shall find them no more at all, vers. 14. for in one Hour is she made desolate. And a mighty Angel took up a Stone, like a great Mill-stone, and cast it into the Sea, saying, Thus with Violence shall that great City Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. Verse 21. And the Voice of Harpers, and Musicians, and of Pipers, and Trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no Craftsman, of whatsoever Craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the Sound of a Mill-stone shall be heard no more at all in thee. Verse 22. And the Light of the Candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the Voice of the Bridegroom, and of the Bride, shall be heard no more at all in thee. Verse 23.
or Babylon, signifies, viz. Evil, or Confusion. |
III. Rome Papal, or Church of Rome, is not only a Woman, and a City, but a very evil Woman, and a City of Confusion:
Metaphor. | Parallel.
BAbylon imports a Body of People that was once united to the Son of God; and hence, Metaphorically called a Woman; And I saw a Woman sit, &c. And the Woman was arrayed, &c. And I saw the Woman Drunk, &c. Rev. 17.3, 4, 6. | ROme Papal, or the Church of Rome, is a Body, a great Body, a famous Body of People, and which were, before their Apostacy, a true Church, by Gospel-Covenant and Profession united to the Son of God▪ as her publi•k Head and Husband; Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ. To all that be in Rome,1 beloved of God, called to be Saints; Grace be to you, and Peace from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
II. Babylon is a City, a very great City, so called in a threefold respect:2 (1.) In respect of Power; (2.) In respect of People; (3) In respect of Place and Residence, where this Power and People is seated;3 City being indefinitely taken for either of these, or comprehending all, as in these Instances. | II. Rome Papal, or Church of Rome, is a City, a very great City, so called in a threefold respect, 1. In respect of Power, which is twofold, (1.) Civil, (2.) Ecclesiastical,4 signified by two Horns like a Lamb. 2. In respect of People, which are great in Number. 3. In respect of Place and Residence, where this Power and great People is seated; and indeed it is as worthily called, by way of Eminency, a City, as any Power, People, or Place in the Christian World, because there is nothing so much spoken of, or gives sadder occasion to be so much spoken of, as Rome, in respect of Power, People, and Place, which shall be further cleared by Argument, &c. The Fame of this People as a Church, was great, before the Power and chief Dominion of the Place was joined with it; as appears, Rom. 1.8. First, I thank my God, through Jesus Christ, for you all, that your Faith is spoken of throughout the whole World.
III. Babylon is not only a Woman, and a City, but a bad Woman, and a City of Confusion; ⟨p. 308⟩for so the Word Babel, 5or Babylon, signifies, viz. Evil, or Confusion. |
III. Rome Papal, or Church of Rome, is not only a Woman, and a City, but a very evil Woman, and a City of Confusion:
much spoken of, but his Doctrine undervalued and slighted, his Laws trampled upon and violated, his Example not regarded for Imitation, either by the Bishop himself, his Cardinals, or inferior Orders, having his Humility and Self-denial only in Words, like those the Apostle speaketh of, that in Words profess God, but in Works deny him. For under this verbal Humility, here is the greatest Pride in the World; under this verbal Meekness and Self-denial, the greatest Oppression and Cruelty, Covetousness, and Love of the World; as appears by their pompous Garbs, their cruel Punishments, and the vast Sums of Money brought in from all parts of their Dominion, by Sleights, and cunning and deceitful Cheats: Besides, a meer Hodg-podg of Principles, one Order or Fraternity professing that which another writes against, and cries down; which is the more strange to come from a Church infallible: Besides the strange Mixtures in their visible Worship, of Traditions, and human Inventions, of lying and diabolical Tricks, of blessing by a Cross, consecrating holy Water, and cleansing by it, which are too numerous and tedious to relate, and the less needful, because every Man that hath seen their Ways, hath an imperfect Book of it in his own Mind, and can read the Truth of what we say within himself. And let any People in the Christian World, pretending to Religion, be compared to them, for supernumerary, trifling and insignificant Ceremonies, crouded into their pretended Worship; nay, let all the People in the Christian World be laid in the Ballance against the Church of Rome in this respect, and they will be found inconceivably wanting; for which we have this Reason to judg her to be Babylon, and the City of Confusion.
If there is more Confusion (in Contrariety of Principles, Practices, contradicting Pretensions, crouding in Supernumeraries, and Mysteries of Unscriptural Inventions, into visible Worship) in Rome Papal, or the Church of Rome, than is to be found amongst any or all People pretending Religion, in the Christian World besides: Then is Rome Papal, or the Church of Rome, the great Babylon, or City of Confusion.
But there is more Confusion, in the forementioned Respects, to be found in Rome Papal, or the Church of Rome, than in any or all People pretending Religion in the Christian World besides: Ergo, &c.
