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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.
6. We pray, That as God doth forgive Sin, so also he would release the Punishment, and take away all the Wrath that doth belong to it. It is but a Mockery which Papists make about Pardon, as if indeed God did pardon the Sin, but not the Punishment; that that abides still, and we must work out a Release from that by our own selves. It is true, God, tho he doth pardon Sin, yet he may grievously afflict; but these are only fatherly Chastisements, and not judicial Punishments. But in this Prayer we desire, as the Sin is removed, so also whatsoever Troubles, Afflictions, or Chastisements do remain, that they likewise may be taken away; that as the Gulf of Hell is removed, so every Cloud also may be dispelled.
7. We pray not only for Pardon, but also for the gracious Concomitants and Effects of it, which are Peace with God, and Joy in the Holy-Ghost, &c. Rom. 1.5.
From the Whole we may infer,
I. That Man is a guilty Sinner, (nay, that Believers are not without Sin, as they are in themselves) Man, as considered in his fallen State, is accused and charged by the Law, and must plead, and he cannot plead, Not guilty, being under the Impeachment of his own Conscience, Ille noscens se damnat quo peccat die. This might have been the Plea of Adam before his Fall, but none else.