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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.
The Interrogative [an, nunquid, whether] besides its common Signification, which simply and affirmatively asks a Question; Gen. 18.21. Numb. 13.19. Rom. 3.3, 5, 6, &c. sometimes denotes an absolute Negation, as Gen. 18.14. Whether is there any thing too hard for the Lord? that is, there is nothing too hard for him: Ver. 17. Whether shall I hide from Abraham the thing I am about to do? that is, I will not hide it from him; Gen. 30.2. Whether am I in God's stead, who hath with-held from thee the Fruit of the Womb? as if he had said, Can I arrogate that to my self, which is the Work of God? (that is, I can by no means do it) He made thee barren, and he only can make thee fruitful. See Gen. 50.19. Job 40.20, &c. Joel 1.2, &c.
On the contrary, a Negative Interrogative, 1as [is not] is to be understood affirmatively, as Gen. 13.9. Is not the whole Land before thee? that is, the whole Land is before thee; Gen. 37.13. And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy Brethren feed (the Flock) in Shechem? that is, they do so: Exod. 4.14. Is not Aaron the Levite thy Brother,