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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.
Quest. But some may say, How may a Christian comfort himself, or get support under sore and bitter Afflictions?
Answ. 1. Consider, that all your Afflictions, tho never so bitter, are less than your Sins deserve: He hath not dealt with us after our Sins, nor rewarded us according to our Iniquities.
2. Consider, that tho God chastise a godly Man very sorely, yet it is not in a way of Wrath, to destroy him, but contrariwise, for his great Good and Advantage.
2. Consider, that tho God chastize a godly Man very sorely, yet it is not in a way of Wrath, to destroy him, but contrariwise, for his great Good and Advantage.
3. Consider, there is not one Dram of Gall in the bitterest Cup thou dost partake of, but what God, the most wise Physician, put into it; and if less Gall would do, thy Potion should not be so bitter. All our Afflictions are proportioned to us by the Almighty, both for kind and quantity.