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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.
Harvest is the Time to work and do business in, and it behoveth Men to labour hard then: So whilst there is an open Door for the Gospel, or God is pleased to continue the Means of Grace, Christ's Ministers ought to labour hard.
HArvest is the Time to work and do business in, and it behoveth Men to labour hard then: So whilst there is an open Door for the Gospel, or God is pleased to continue the Means of Grace, Christ's Ministers ought to labour hard.
II. Harvest greatly tends to the relief of the Poor; they in Harvest-time gather in, and lay up against a Time of Want and Scarcity: So do the Saints, whilst the Day of Grace lasts, provide and lay up for their Souls.
III. Sometimes there is bad Weather in Harvest, which doth hinder and discourage the painful and laborious Husband-man: So Storms arise, and very bad Weather (as it were) often attends Christ's faithful Labourers, which greatly hinders them in their Ministry.
IV. The Harvest is sometimes great, and the Labourers but few, so that the Work lies very heavy upon some Men: So in a spiritual sense, the Harvest is great, i. e. many People are willing to hear God's Word, but there are but few painful Preachers, and by this means the Work lies heavy upon them; and when it is thus, we are enjoined to pray to the Lord of the Harvest,