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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.
Parallels.
Seed that is sown lies some considerable Time in the Earth before it rises or springs up: So the Bodies of Men lie some Time in the Grave before the Resurrection, tho some lie much longer than others; as such who lived in Adam's, Noah's, and Abraham's Days; yet generally all lie and shall lie some Time in the Grave, before they rise again.
SEed that is sown lies some considerable Time in the Earth before it rises or springs up: So the Bodies of Men lie some Time in the Grave before the Resurrection, tho some lie much longer than others; as such who lived in Adam's, Noah's, and Abraham's Days; yet generally all lie and shall lie some Time in the Grave, before they rise again.
II. Seed, that it may not abide alone, is first sown and dies, and then it rises again: Verily, 1verily I say unto you, except a Corn of Wheat fall to the Ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much Fruit. So the Body of Man must die, or be changed, or it can never arise nor be made glorious to bring forth the eternal Fruit of Praise to God. As Seed loses nothing by being sown: So the Bodies of the Saints shall lose nothing by Death; Death, I mean, vvill be no ways to their Disadvantage, but contrariwise to their great Benefit.
II. Seed, that it may not abide alone, is first sown and dies, and then it rises again: Verily,