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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.
6. Perhaps Christians have no more, because they mind not those precious Grounds and Encouragements, which God in Mercy hath offered for the increase, strengthening, and growing of Faith.
6. Perhaps Christians have no more, because they mind not those precious Grounds and Encouragements, which God in Mercy hath offered for the encrease, strengthning, and growing of Faith.
Quest. How may I know a weak Faith from a strong?
Answ. 1. A weak Christian, one weak in Faith, looks more within than without, grounds more on the good Desires and Heavenlinesses of his Affection, than the Covenant and Promise of God:1 Now a strong Christian looks to Christ. Because I live, ye shall live also. 'Tis not because my Affections live, my Obedience lives, or I have Life in Obedience, or performance of external Duties, but because Christ lives, By whom I live. Gal. 2.20.