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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 Serpent.
2 Cor. 11.3. But I fear lest by any means, as the Serpent beguiled Eve through his Subtlety, &c. Rev. 12.9. The old Serpent, the Devil, &c.
2 Cor. 11.3. But I fear lest by any means, as the Serpent beguiled Eve through his Subtilty, &c. Rev. 12.9. The old Serpent, the Devil, &c.
Serpents are venomous Beasts, that creep upon the Ground, or go as it were upon their Bellies, w•ich, as it appears from Gen. 3.14. was laid upon them at first as a just Judgment of God: Upon thy Belly shalt thou go; meaning, saith Ainsworth, in great Pain, &c. This Creature the Devil made use of to deceive Eve; the Devil spake in, or by the Serpent, i. e. opened the Serpent's Mouth; for we are not to conclude that Serpent was the Devil, because the Text saith positively, it was a Beast of the Field, who (as some conceive) is said to be more subtle than any other Beast, by means of Satan's Influences; yet all agree, that naturally the Serpent, or some Serpents are very crafty and subtle. Aristotle and Galen define a Serpent to be, Animal sanguineum, pedibus orbatum, & oviparum; that is, A bloody Beast, without feet, laying Eggs.