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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.
for that in Christ they have a Fullness of Wisdom to instruct and counsel them, a Fullness of Love and Care to guide them, a Fullness of Power and Strength to hold them up, that they may be safe, and to stay them from sinking, as he did Peter, who, when under the fear of miscarrying, cries out to Christ for help; a Fullness of Pity and Compassion, to commiserate them in all their Distresses; and a Fullness of Grace and Mercy, to ⟨p. 28⟩pardon and fully blot out all their Sins and Failings, and be with them in all their Sorrows and Sufferings. Therefore the Saints Hope of Salvation is both sure and steadfast. Eighthly; The Mercy of God is a sure Ground of Hope. If the Mercy of God can fail, the Saints Anchor may fail; but the Mercy of God endureth for ever. Behold, 1the Eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his Mercy. I trust in the Mercy of God for ever and ever. Where is the sounding of thy Bowels, and thy Mercies towards me? Are they restrained? The Saints of God, as appears from hence, trust in the Mercy of God, and that endureth for ever and ever. His Bowels to his People can never fail. Can a Woman forget her sucking Child, that she should not have compassion on the Son of her Womb? Yea, they may, but I will not forget thee. Therefore the Saints Hope is both sure and steadfast. 2Ninthly; The Promise and Oath of God are a sure Ground of Hope. For Men verily swear by the greater, and an Oath for Confirmation is to them an End of all Strife. Wherein God willing more abundantly to show unto the Heirs of Promise, the Immutability of his Counsel, confirmed it by an Oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong Consolation, who have fled for Refuge, to lay hold upon the Hope set before us: Which Hope we have as an Anchor of the Soul, both sure and steadfast. 3In Hope of eternal Life, which God that cannot lie promised, before the World began. As God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my People. If the Promise and Oath of God be not enough to assure Believers of their safe and first standing in Christ, and of their Assurance of Heaven, nothing is. Therefore the Saints Hope is both sure and steadfast. Tenthly; That Relation which Believers stand in unto God, is a sure Ground of Hope. He is their Father, and they are his dear Children;