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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.
8. That which the holy Angels desire to pry into, nay, look into with the greatest Earnestness and Desire imaginable, and are contented, the better to understand, to learn of the Church; and yet, when all is done, do admire, and stand as it were astonished at, is a great Mystery: But the Angels do pry into these Mysteries with the greatest earnestness, and are contented to learn of the Church, that they may the better or more fully understand them, and after all, stand and wonder, to behold the Depth of this Grace, of this Love, and the Strangeness of this Mystery. Ergo, the Gospel, or Doctrine of Godliness, is a great Mystery. Now to make this Argument good, pray consider these Texts of Scripture: 1 Pet. 1.12. Which things the Angels desire to look into. The word [desire] signifies the utmost coveting or longing after a thing which a Man cannot be without: Desire to look into: [Greek or Hebrew], this Word signifies bowing down to pry heedfully and narrowly into a Thing. 1. The Angels are greatly taken with this Mystery, with this Grace and Love in Jesus Christ, manifested to fallen Man; they look and pry into it,1 according as it was typified of them, by the placing of the Cherubims looking down towards the Mercy-Seat. 2. That they are content to learn of the Church, see Eph. 3.10. To the intent, that now unto the Principalities, and Powers in heavenly Places, might be known, by the Church, the manifold Wisdom of God. 3. That they after all stand as it were amazed, and wonder at these Depths, see 1 Tim. 3.16. — Seen of Angels, [Greek or Hebrew], it is not meant of a bare Sight, but a Sight which astonishes the Understanding, and takes up the Heart: He was seen with admiration and wonderment: Thus Dr. Sibbs.
8. That which the holy Angels desire to pry into, nay, look into with the greatest Earnestness and Desire imaginable, and are contented, the better to understand, to learn of the Church; and yet, when all is done, do admire, and stand as it were astonished at, is a great Mystery: But the Angels do pry into these Mysteries with the greatest earnestness, and are contented to learn of the Church, that they may the better or more fully understand them, and after all, stand and wonder, to behold the Depth of this Grace, of this Love, and the Strangeness of this Mystery. Ergo, the Gospel, or Doctrine of Godliness, is a great Mystery. Now to make this Argument good, pray consider these Texts of Scripture: