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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.
10. What Love to God hath thy Faith wrought in thee? True Faith works by Love. Mary believed, and loved much.
11. Hath thy Faith purified thy Heart? Hast thou seen its horrid Filth and Pollution? and dost thou long after Purity? not only to have thy Sins pardoned, but also purged away, and the Power and Dominion thereof destroyed?
12. What Alteration in the Course of thy Life hath Faith wrought? Faith made Jordan go back. There is a Turning the whole Man to God, a glorious Change in every Faculty, in Heart, and also in Life. Half my Goods, saith Zacheus, 1I give to the Poor. And in the Acts 'tis said, Those that used unlawful Arts, burned their Books. If any Man be in Christ, he is a new Creature.