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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.
From the whole we may rationally conclude, That the Administration of this great Ordinance by Sprinkling, (which comports not with the Literal nor Metaphorical Signification of the Word, nor those great Mysteries represented by it, viz. the Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Christ) is disorderly, and should be rectified.
FRom the whole we may rationally conclude, That the Administration of this great Ordinance by Sprinkling, (which comports not with the Literal nor Metaphorical Signification of the Word, nor those great Mysteries represented by it, viz. the Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Christ) is disorderly, and should be rectified.
2. It is a Motive to excite us to admire and reverence the great Grace and Goodness of Christ, who hath given us such a visible Symbol of his Death, Burial, and Resurrection; not only to confirm our Faith, but also to prevent our being deceived by any seducing Spirits.
3. It is not to be wondered at, that such as deny the Man Christ Jesus, but preach up the Light within to be a Saviour, should reject these two great Ordinances stated in the Scripture, (viz. Baptism, and the Lord's Supper) because such as deny the Substance, are necessitated to deny the Sign. Persons of this Judgment may be easily confuted: For when ever the Term Baptism is mentioned, and God or Christ represented as the Agent, it must be understood of the Baptism of the Spirit, in the Sense before spoken of. When ever Baptism is mentioned as the Act of any Apostle or Minister of the Gospel, it denotes Water-Baptism, because these have neither Power nor Commission to baptize with the Spirit, and with Fire. And when ever the Baptism of Blood and Suffering is mentioned, it must be understood of Persecutors, or ungodly Men, who murder, destroy, or afflict the Godly; for neither God (without Blasphemy) nor good Men) without a wrong application of the Term) may be said to baptize that way. So that when we meet with the Act of Baptism, as the Act of a good Man, we must of necessity understand it of Water-Baptism, in the same Method and Mode of Administration, as was practised by the Apostles and Primitive Christians; and that being a positive Institution, (with respect to the Subject and Manner of Administration) is not to be deviated from, upon any pretence whatsoever, unless we will suppose the Laws of the Almighty to be in the Power of Man, so as that he may dispense at pleasure with them; which is not to be done without sufficient Authority from God himself, which is no where to be found.