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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.
4. The Priest was to teach the People, The Priest's Lips must preserve Knowledge, 1and thou shalt seek the Law at his Mouth; this figured forth Christ in his Prophetical Office, who is the great Doctor and Teacher of God's Mind and Will to the Children of Men, 'tis he who hath the Tongue of the Learned, so that never Man spake like him,2 it is he who hath the Words of everlasting Life.
4. The Priest was to teach the People, The Priest's Lips must preserve Knowledg, 1and thou shalt seek the Law at his Mouth; this figured forth Christ in his Prophetical Office, who is the great Doctor and Teacher of God's Mind and Will to the Children of Men, 'tis he who hath the Tongue of the L•arned, so that never Man spake like him,2 it is he who hath the Words of everlasting Life.
5. The Priests were to preserve the Oil for Lights, and the Incense,1 and for the daily Meat-Offering, and the anointing Oil, &c. signifying that Jesus Christ is the Preserver of all Grace, in and for his Church, he only watcheth for the safety of his People, he preserves the light of Grace and good Works in us, and the Oil of Gladness from decaying in our Lamps and Vessels.