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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.
V. In Winter many things look as if they were dead; Trees, Flowers, and Plants, have no Beauty in them, they are not pleasant to the Eye: So whilst the Winter-Time of the Church continues, the blessed Trees and Plants of Righteousness seem as if they were withered, and their Beauty and Glory gone, by means of the Tyranny and Oppression of the Ungodly; but when the Winter is past, and the longed for Spring beginneth to appear, they will sprout up, and flourish again gloriously.
VI. In Winter we have now and then some good and comfortable Weather: So now and then in the Winter-Time of the Church, there is a sweet, serene, and calm Time of Peace and Tranquillity:1 Then had the Churches Rest throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, and were edified, and walking in the Fear of the Lord, and in the Comfort of the Holy-Ghost, were multiplied.
VII. The Winter makes the Spring and Summer much more acceptable and sweet: So the Storms, Tempests, cold Frosts, and nipping Time of Trouble, Oppression, and Persecution, will cause the Golden Age of the World, viz. the Reign and Kingdom of Christ, like the Spring and Summer, to seem much more sweet and acceptable to the Saints, and all that fear God. This is signified by the Singing of Birds, &c. They shall sing in the Heights of Zion,1 &c. The Wilderness and the solitary Place shall be glad, and the Desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the Rose; it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing, &c.