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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
Tropes and Figures; OR, A TREATISE of the METAPHORS, ALLEGORIES, TY… › Head 5 › The Lord's Supper.
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.
These things being well considered, it is evident these Words, This is my Body, are to be taken figuratively, i. e. This is a Sign of my Body, or this is the Sacrament of my Body; so that from the manner of the Words spoken by Christ, there is no necessity to take them as the Papists do, seeing it is so frequent with the Holy-Ghost to use Metaphors in this kind; I need not name them, considering it is the Subject of our present Work. The seven Kine are seven Years; the seven Ears of Corn are seven Years; the Stars are the Angels of the seven Churches; the seven Heads are seven Mountains, &c. Christ is called a Rock, a Lamb, a Lion, a Door, together with many other things, which we have spoken unto. See the Second Head of Metaphors, Similes, &c.
These things being well considered, it is evident these Words, This is my Body, are to be taken figuratively, i. e. This is a Sign of my Body, or this is the Sacrament of my Body; so that from the manner of the Words spoken by Christ, there is no necessity to take them as the Papists do, seeing it is so frequent with the Holy-Ghost to use Metaphors in this kind; I need not name them, considering it is the Subject of our present Work. The seven Kine are seven Years; the seven Ears of Corn are seven Years; the Stars are the Angels of the seven Churches; the seven Heads are seven Mountains, &c. Christ is called a Rock, a Lamb, a Lion, a Door, together with many other things, which we have spoken unto. See the Second Head of Metaphors, Similies, &c.
The Saints are called Sheep, Branches, &c. 'The meaning of all this is, (saith Dr. Preston) They are like such and such things: But yet it is the manner of the Scripture-Speech,1 and therefore (saith he) it is not necessary that those Words should be taken in a proper Sense, as they are by the Papists.
The Saints are called Sheep, Branches, &c. 'The meaning of all this is, (saith Dr. Preston) They are like such and such things: But yet it is the manner of the Scripture-Speech,1