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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.
2. It shows that a Christian's Life is a Life of Hope or Expectation: The Promises of God are not presently accomplished; he seems to stay long, ere he makes good what he hath engaged to give to them.
2. It shews that a Christian's Life is a Life of Hope or Expectation: The Promises of God are not presently accomplished; he seems to stay long, ere he makes good what he hath engaged to give to them.
3. And tho he stays long before he performs his Promise to us, yet they shall be accomplished at last, in the best time, to the eternal Joy of their Hearts. Hope deferred makes the Heart sick, but when it comes, it is a Tree of Life. The Vision is for an appointed Time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie, &c.
4. That tho God stays long before he performs his Word and Promise, yet it is our Duty to wait patiently till it is fulfilled. Wait for it, because it shall surely come, &c.
5. That Hope pacifies and quiets the Soul of a Believer, till the Promises are accomplished and fulfilled.