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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.
II. Arrows fly swift, and wound suddenly: So Afflictions come very speedily oftentimes with a glance, as an Arrow, quick as a Thought.
II. Arrows flie swift, and wound suddenly: So Afflictions come very speedily oftentimes with a glance, as an Arrow, quick as a Thought.
III. Arrows come unexpectedly oftentimes, and wound a Man: So Afflictions come many times upon a Person or People unexpectedly: When they cry Peace and Safety, then sudden Destruction comes upon them.
IV. An Archer hath commonly many Arrows; his Quiver is full of them: So God hath many Judgments; we read of his Quiver too; He can send one Arrow after another.
11. He hath the Pestilence; this is one of his Arrows: Thou shalt not be afraid for the Terror by Night, nor for the Arrow that flieth by Day, nor for the Pestilence that walketh in Darkness, &c.