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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 Hunter.
Psal. 91.3. He will deliver thee from the Snare of the Hunter. Prov. 6.5. Deliver thy self as a Roe from the Hand of the Hunter.
By the Hunter in these places, I see no ground to doubt, but that the Holy Ghost principally intends the Devil, who is the great Hunter and Destroyer of Mens Souls, out of whose Hand, i. e. Power, Wisdom advises her Son to deliver himself.
Parallels.
A Hunter is one that pursues, or eagerly follows after his Prey, what sort of Beasts soever he hunts, he seems unwearied in his Pursuit, his Heart is affected with his Game, and hence takes great delight in it: So the Devil pursues Sinners, nay and the Godly too, for they are part of his Game, and how eagerly doth he pursue them, 'tis the only thing he seems to delight in, he is never weary of this work, nor in the work.