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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.
Here note, That the Climates or distinct parts of the Earth, as the East, West, 1North, and South, when mentioned in Scripture, are to be understood with respect to the Situation of Judea, Jerusalem, and the Temple, where the Prophets lived in the Land which God gave the Jews: only we must except some Places in Ezekiel, who lived and wrote in Babylon. Note also* that the Sea signifies the West. viz. The Mediterranean Sea, which is on the West of Judea, Numb. 2.18. Josh. 16.3. ⟨p. 16⟩Ezek. 42.19, &c. Jerome on Ezek. 46. says, 'Tis a customary way of speaking in Scripture, because of the Situation of Judea, to call the Sea the West. We may except Psal. 107. where in the Hebrew Text, the Sea signifies the South, viz. the Red Sea, which was on the South of Judea: See Psal. 72.8. Exod. 23.31, &c.
Here note, That the Climates or distinct parts of the Earth, as the East, West, 1North, and South, when mentioned in Scripture, are to be understood with respect to the Situation of Judaea, Jerusalem, and the Temple, where the Prophets lived in the Land which God gave the Jews: only we must except some Places in Ezekiel, who lived and wrote in Babylon. Note also* that the Sea signifies the West. viz. The Mediterranean Sea, which is on the West of Judaea,