B25425:3685
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.
3. Tit. 1.12. one of themselves, a Prophet of their own, said [Greek or Hebrew], The Cretans are always Liars, evil Beasts, slow Bellies; ver. 13. This Witness is true. There is a most elegant Oxymoron, in these words of Paul; The Cretans are always Liars; but he that said this was a Cretan, therefore (it may be concluded) he was a Liar;1 yet says Paul, his Testimony is true: And hence perhaps he calls him Prophet; this Greek Verse is thus rendered in Latine (Cres semper Mendax mala Bestia, venter iners est. Erasmus Adag. 12, 29. says thus,* Jerome in his Commentaries written upon this Epistle, intimates that this Verse is found in the Works of Epimenides, in a Book, whose Title was, De Oraculis, of Oracles. Hence Paul calls him a Prophet, whether by way of Irony, or because of the Subject he treated on, we will not determine. The beginning of this Verse [Greek or Hebrew], was made bold with by Callimachus a Poet of Cyrene, in a Hymn, wherein he celebrates the Praises of Jupiter, and lampoons the Cretans very satirically for their Vanity and Boasting that he was buried among them; whereas (as this Heathen Zealot fancies) Jove was immortal: Hence Ovid said, Nec fingunt omnia Cretes, the Cretans do not always lye; hence also rose the Proverb, [Greek or Hebrew], (to play the Cretan) was put for to lye. The occasion of this Discourse was, that the Cretans had a certain Sepulchre with this Epitaph, [Greek or Hebrew], that is, Here lies one whom they call Jupiter. Because of this Inscription, the Poet charges them with a Lye, in these words, [Greek or Hebrew]; that is, The Cretans are always Liars, evil Beasts, slow Bellies: Therefore, O King, the Cretans have built a Sepulchre for you: But thou hast not died, for thou always livest, &c.
3. Tit. 1.12. one of themselves, a Prophet of their own, said 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, The Cretans are always Liars, evil Beasts, slow Bellies; ver. 13. This Witness is true. There is a most elegant Oxymoron, in these words of Paul; The Cretans are always Liars; but he that said this was a Cretan, therefore (it may be concluded) he was a Liar;