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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. In his Office he was a Type of Christ: (1.) He was King of Salem, — King of Peace:1 So Christ was called the Prince of Peace, not only a peaceable Prince, but Prince of Peace, one that commands Peace at his Pleasure in the World, in the Church, and in the Souls of Men. (2.) Christ is not only Prince of the World, but peculiarly Prince of Salem, Prince of Jerusalem, viz. the true Church of God. (3.) Melchizedek was not only a King, but also a Priest, yea, a Priest of the Most High God: So Christ is both King and Priest.
II. In his Office he was a Type of Christ: (1.) He was King of Salem, — King of Peace:1 So Christ was called the Prince of Peace, not only a peaceable Prince, but Prince of Peace, one that commands Peace at his Pleasure in the World, in the Church, and in the Souls of Men. (2.) Christ is not only Prince of the World, but peculiarly Prince of Salem, Prince of Jerusalem, viz. the true Church of God. (3.) Melchisedeck was not only a King, but also a Priest, yea, a Priest of the Most High God: So Christ is both King and Priest.
- 1Isa. 9.6.
III. Melchizedek was a Type of Christ in his Original; Without Father, without Mother, without Descent, 1having neither Beginning of Days, nor End of Life: That is, there is no mention of these things concerning him in the holy Scripture; we have not his Genealogy, or Story of his Life; tho none doubt, but he had both Father and Mother, and Descent, &c. But God on purpose would have all these concealed, that he might be a more express Type of Christ, who was truly without Father, in respect of his Manhood, or human Nature; and without Mother,