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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.
II. A King or Prince ruling and reigning, imports a Kingdom: for what is a King without a Kingdom and Dominions over which he reigns? The Devil hath a Kingdom. There is a twofold Spiritual Kingdom spoken of, viz. the Kingdom of Light, and the Kingdom of Darkness, called sometimes the Kingdom and Power of Darkness. •1. His Kingdom is in the Hearts of ungodly Men, he rules and reigns there. 2. His Kingdom takes in all the Confines and Territories of Anti-Christ, and all other false and corrupt, erroneous and tyrannical States whatsoever, throughout the whole Earth, where his Power is owned, and his Authority subjected to. 3. He is said to be King of the bottomless Pit.
III. The Name of some Kings puts an awful fear upon Men: So the Name and Power of Satan is such, that it makes many Souls to dread and quake at the Thoughts of him.
IV. Some Kings have been great Tyrants. There is no Tyrant in the World, nor ever was, so vile as the Devil. True, some have acted like Devils, they seemed more like Devils than Men, as Nero, who caused the Bowels of his own Mother to be ripped up to see where he lay, &c. [See Lion and Dragon.]