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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.
Elisha a Type of Christ.
Elisha signifies the Health of God: Jesus Christ is truly the Health and Salvation of God; 'tis he that heals all poor Sin-sick Souls.
ELisha signifies the Health of God: Jesus Christ is truly the Health and Salvation of God; 'tis he that heals all poor Sin-sick Souls.
II. He succeeded Elijah: So Christ succeeded the second Elijah, viz. John Baptist.
III. He received the Spirit of his Predecessor in a double measure: Christ not in a double measure, but without measure.
IV. He cured Naaman of his Leprosy, and raised the Dead: In this he was a Type of Christ, who cured the Leprosy both externally and internally, and in both senses raised the Dead also.