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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.
But then, 2. Positively, it is a patient and well-grounded Expectation of the Accomplishment of what God hath promised. Faith sees the Promise, and beholds it, tho afar off: Abraham saw my Day, saith Christ: But then in comes Hope, and keeps the Soul alive, in a well-grounded expectation of the fulfilling and accomplishment of it. See the Description of it where Faith is compared to an Helmet.
Why Hope is compared to an Anchor, may appear by what followeth.
Metaphor. | Parallel. AN Anchor is a good Stay and Security to a Ship in a Storm. What would the Mariner do, had he not an Anchor to cast out of the Ship, when he is in danger of Rocks and Sands? | SO Hope in God, through Christ, is a most excellent Stay for the Soul of a Believer, in a Day of Trouble and Persecution.1 They suffered joyfully the spoiling of their Goods, knowing in themselves, they had in Heaven a better and enduring Substance. We are saved by Hope, &c. It stays the Soul, as an Anchor does the Ship. II. An Anchor takes hold of something which is out of sight. | II. So Hope, the Anchor of the Soul, takes hold of something which is not seen with carnal Eyes, which is within the Veil, &c. ⟨p. 26⟩III. An Anchor, when it takes hold of a Rock, or firm Ground, fastens and stays a Ship more steadily, preserving it from suffering Shipwreck. | III. So Hope, the Anchor of the Soul, taking hold of Christ, who is called a Rock, stays the Soul in a perilous Time most firm and steadily, so that it is safe from spiritual Shipwreck. IV. An Anchor would be of no use without the Cable to which it is fastened. | IV. So Hope without Faith is of no use, nor can avail the Soul any thing in time of Need; those two Graces always co-operate, and work together for the help and succour of a Believer. V. An Anchor, that it may be of advantage to a Ship, requires Skill rightly to cast it. | V. Hope, the Anchor of the Soul, must be rightly cast, or else it will not profit a Saint any thing in the Day of Trouble. It must be cast within the Veil,