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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.
III. In a Time of great Heat, or in the hottest Time of the Day, in very hot Countries, great Labour is unpleasant, and very hard to be undergone: So 'tis hard to labour, and bear heavy Burdens in God's Vineyard, viz. to stand up for, and maintain the Truth, in a Time of hot Persecution, as many faithful Servants of God found by experience in the Marian Days, &c.
III. In a Time of great Heat, or in the hottest Time of the Day, in very hot Countries, great Labour is unpleasant, and very hard to be undergone: So 'tis hard to labour, and bear heavy Burthens in God's Vineyard, viz. to stand up for, and maintain the Truth, in a Time of hot Persecution, as many faithful Servants of God found by experience in the Marian Days, &c.
IV. Great Heat, or the continual scorching Beams of the Sun, quickly fade, consume, and spoil the Beauty of the Body: So cruel Sufferings and Persecutions spoil the outward Beauty of the Church, making her look very black and deformed in the Eyes of the World, which made the Spouse to cry out, I am black, &c.1