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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.
(3.) They were set in the Pectoral, and Aaron must carry them on his Heart; signifying that Christ hath as much care of his own People, as if they were enclosed in his Heart; they lie near him, and are always upon his Heart, and in his Mind.
(3.) They were set in the Pectoral, and Aaron must carry them on his Heart; signifying that Christ hath as much care of his own People, as if they were inclosed in his Heart; they lie near him, and are always upon his Heart, and in his Mind.
(4.) In Number Twelve, according to all the Tribes: noting there is room enough in Christ's Heart for every particular Saint, he loves them all, bears them all upon his Heart, before the Throne of God.
(5.) They stood in four Rows in a comely Quadrangle: signifying the comely Order that Christ hath placed in his Church, some in a higher, and some in a lower Rank.
(6.) All the Stones, and so consequently all the Names of the Children of Israel, stood in the Breast-Plate in a narrow compass: So by Christ all the Children of God are gathered together, and sweetly veiled through the Spirit in Love: In the Breast-Plate also, was the Urim and Thummim, which the Rabbi David, a Jew, saith, It is unknown to us what these signify; it is thought it was the Workmanship of no Man, but a Sacred Monument immediately received from God, but all the Learned (I have met with) agree they signified Jesus Christ. 1. Their Names, say some, signify Light; others Beauty and Perfection; in Christ is all fullness of Light, Beauty and Perfection. 2. There use, was to receive by them answer from God, in difficult Cases, when the Priest consulted with him, the Oracle by Urim gave certain Direction: So Christ is the most perfect Rule and Direction, shadowed by that.