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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.
2. They are regenerated by the Spirit, that they might be holy: A new Heart, 1and a new Spirit will I put within you, and cause you to walk in my Statutes, and keep my Judgments, and do them. We are his Workmanship, 2created in Christ Jesus unto good Works, which God hath ordained that we should walk in them.
3. It is the Design of God in all his Ordinances. The Word of God is both Seed to beget, and Food to nourish Holiness begotten in the Heart. Every part of it contributes to this Design abundantly. The Preceptive part affords a perfect Rule of Holiness; the Promises present us with admirable Encouragements, to entice and allure us thereunto; the Threatenings, or minatory part of the Word, are to deter and keep back from that which is contrary to it.
3. It is the Design of God in all his Ordinances. The Word of God is both Seed to beget, and Food to nourish Holiness begotten in the Heart. Every part of it contributes to this Design abundantly. The Preceptive part affords a perfect Rule of Holiness; the Promises present us with admirable Encouragements, to entice and allure us thereunto; the Threatnings, or minatory part of the Word, are to deter and keep back from that which is contrary to it.