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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 words ([Greek or Hebrew], restoring Sight to the blind) as it is cited, Luke 4.18. are not in the Hebrew Text of Isa. 61.1. but in the Septuagint: Compare ⟨p. 21⟩Zech. 9.9. with Mat. 21.8. and Psal. 8.2. with Mat. 21.16. Upon which *Illyricus thus says, In septuaginta Interpretum version citandâ notandum est, Apostolos in Novo Testamento non immerito aliquid dedisse imbecillitati Christianorum, & communi consuetudini, quod non aliter aliquoties dicta Scripturae citaverint, quam sicut jamdudum apud vulgus ex illa versione innotuerint sic enim illi pusillis Christi lac praebentes, ac ad eorum captum sese accommodantes, loqui non dedignati; sic videmus etiam Parentes aliquando cum Infantibus balbutire; that is, In the Citations of the seventy Interpreters in the New Testament, we are to note, That the Apostles yielded much to the Weakness of Christians and common Custom, and that seasonably, in not quoting those Places otherwise than the Capacity of the Vulgar could reach: For they giving as it were Milk to those tender Babes of Christ, and accommodating themselves to their Understanding, disdained not to speak after that manner. So we see Parents sometimes lisp to their little Ones.
The words (〈non-Latin alphabet〉, restoring Sight to the blind) as it is cited, Luke 4.18. are not in the Hebrew Text of Isa. 61.1. but in the Septuagint: Compare ⟨p. 21⟩