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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.
The Devil a Prince.
Joh. 14.30. —The Prince of the World cometh, &c. Eph. 2.2. According to the Prince of the Power of the Air. Rev. 9.11. And they had a King over them, which is the Angel of the bottomless P•t.
THE Devil is in these Scriptures called a Prince, Prince of Darkness, Prince of the Power of the Air, King of the bottomless Pit, &c.
Parallels.
Prince is a Term that denotes Power and Sovereignty; Satan hath great Power over wicked Men, &c. There is also, no doubt, some kind of Supremacy or Superiority amongst the evil Angels; we read of the Prince of Devils, He casts out Devils by Beelzebub the Prince of Devils. Also some of these wicked Angels are called Principalities and Powers, which signifieth Eminency of Place, above others. What degrees or order there is amongst Devils is hard to find out, what ever Order there is amongst them, yet we know he is the Master of mis-rule amongst Men, &c.