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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.
Inferences.
From all these Similitudes we may infer, that the Life of Man is very short, his Days swiftly pass away.
FRom all these Similitudes we may infer, that the Life of Man is very short, his Days swiftly pass away.
Man that is born of a Woman is of few Days, &c. He comes up like a Flower, and is cut down; he flieth as a Shadow, and continueth not: his Life is like Wind, like a Cloud or Vapour, &c. All swift and fleeting Things.
Man that is born of a Woman is of few Days, &c. He comes up like a Flower, and is cut down; he flieth as a Shadow, and continueth not: his Life is like Wind, like a Cloud or Vapor, &c. All swift and fleeting Things.
1Behold thou hast made my Days as an Hand-breadth. The largest Extent of the Breadth of an Hand is but a Span; the lesser extent only four Fingers. To which the Measure of Man's Life is compared.
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