B25425:376
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.
Quest. How may a Man know whether he hath a true and well-grounded Hope?
1. If thou hast a lively Hope, thou art born again; the new Birth entitles to a new Hope. What Hope can a Man have of Heaven, if he be not converted?1 Unless a Man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.
1. If thou hast a lively Hope, thou art born again; the new Birth entitles to a new Hope. What Hope can a Man have of Heaven, if he be not converted?1 Ʋnless a Man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.
2. A true and well-grounded Hope is attended with a Train of other Graces. Tribulation worketh Patience, and Patience Experience, and Experience Hope, 1and Hope maketh not ashamed, (why?) because the Love of God is shed abroad in our Hearts by the Holy-Ghost. Those that have the Grace of Hope, have the Graces of Faith and Love, and all other Fruits of the Spirit, more or less, in them.