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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.
1VI. The Day is comfortable, 'tis a pleasant thing for the Eyes to see the Sun: So are the Means of Grace, and the Day of Gospel-Light. O how sweet and pleasant a thing it is to see this Day, wherein the Word of God is powerfully and plainly preached amongst us!
- 1Eccles 11.7.Eccl•s 11.7.
VII. The Day sometimes is over-cast, and the Light darkened: So the Gospel-Day is sometimes, as a Judgment upon a People or particular Soul, darkened, and Clouds seem to cover the glorious Heavens, even as at this Time. O what thick and black Clouds seem to arise!
VII. The Day sometimes is over-cast, and the Light darkned: So the Gospel-Day is sometimes, as a Judgment upon a People or particular Soul, darkned, and Clouds seem to cover the glorious Heavens, even as at this Time. O what thick and black Clouds seem to arise!
VIII. Some Days prove stormy, and high Winds arise: So sometimes the Day of Gospel-Grace proves stormy, and high Winds of Persecution arise upon a People; nay, not only Winds of Persecution, but also strange Whirl-winds of Delusions abound in it, which make it very perilous.