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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.
Inferences.
This may help the Godly to bear up under Afflictions and Sufferings in this World: What tho they be pinching and troublesome whilst they last? yet they have a very good Effect. Like as Frost mellows the Earth, and after it the Clods crumble easily; whereas if there was no Winter, no Frost, they would be more stiff, and not fit for the Husbandman: So thy Heart is hereby made mellow, and more meet and fit to receive the good Seed. Frost dries up the ill Humours of the Earth; so do Afflictions those of the Soul, &c. The Winter-Frosts kill the Weeds and Worms which eat the Roots, and hinder the Growth of Herbs and Corn: So Afflictions tend to kill our Lusts, those Weeds and Worms that breed and grow in our Hearts always, hindering our Fruitfulness in Grace, and true Godliness.
THis may help the Godly to bear up under Afflictions and Sufferings in this World: What tho they be pinching and troublesom whilst they last? yet they have a very good Effect. Like as Frost mellows the Earth, and after it the Clods crumble easily; whereas if there was no Winter, no Frost, they would be more stiff, and not fit for the Husbandman: So thy Heart is hereby made mellow, and more meet and fit to receive the good Seed. Frost dries up the ill Humors of the Earth; so do Afflictions those of the Soul, &c. The Winter-Frosts kill the Weeds and Worms which eat the Roots, and hinder the Growth of Herbs and Corn: So Afflictions tend to kill our Lusts, those Weeds and Worms that breed and grow in our Hearts always, hindering our Fruitfulness in Grace, and true Godliness.
II. You know Fire does well in Winter, to warm the Blood, &c. So the Fire of the Spirit will warm and heat thy Soul in and under Afflictions and Temptations; get therefore near it, and labour to experience its powerful Operations. [See, The Word and Spirit compared to Fire, in the First Volume.]