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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.
5. That a Man may leave all gross Sins, and assent to many Truths of the Gospel, and yet have no true Faith.
6. Nay, that a Man may be baptized, take upon him the Profession of the Gospel, and suffer many things, and yet not have one dram of saving Faith; as appears by the foolish Virgins, Judas, and Simon the Sorcerer, and many others.
7. Nay, a Man may seem to hear the Word with Joy, and yet have no true Faith. A temporary Faith is not the Faith of God's Elect, or that Faith that is more precious than Gold, &c.
Quest. How may a Man know true Faith from that which is common, and mere counterfeit?
Quest. How may a Man know true Faith from that which is common, and meer counterfeit?