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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. It is taken for a holy, firm, and well-grounded Belief, and steadfast Reliance upon the Merits and Righteousness of Jesus Christ, for Justification and eternal Life; or a going out of our selves, fetching all our Hope and Comfort from him, and his glorious Undertakings. This is that most noble and precious Grace, that is wrought in the Soul by the Spirit, which is compared to Gold, &c.
8. It is taken for a holy, firm, and well-grounded Belief, and stedfast Reliance upon the Merits and Righteousness of Jesus Christ, for Justification and eternal Life; or a going out of our selves, fetching all our Hope and Comfort from him, and his glorious Undertakings. This is that most noble and precious Grace, that is wrought in the Soul by the Spirit, which is compared to Gold, &c.
Faith is as precious as Gold, nay, more precious; tried Faith is better than tried Gold, than Gold tried or refined in the Fire.
Metaphor. | Parallel. Gold is precious in some Countries upon the consideration of the Scarcity of it; there is but little of it to be had, and that hard to come by. Things are esteemed precious upon this account: In those days the Word of the Lord was precious, there was no open Vision. | True Faith is precious upon the account of the Scarcity of it. Tho there is great talk of it every where, it is in all Peoples Mouths, yet the right kind is very precious; few have so much as one dram of it in their Hearts; 'tis very hard to obtain. II. Gold is very desirable. Men that know the worth of it, search ⟨p. 16⟩diligently for it; they work in Mines, labour hard, undergo much difficulty to obtain it. | II. All understanding Men, who are convinced of the Nature and Usefulness of Faith, seek for it, as for hid Treasure;