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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.
Answ. 'To this (saith he) I answer briefly: It is so far from being true, that he useth them not in the Sacrament, that there are none of all the Sacraments but it is used, viz. in the Sacrament of Circumcision, This is the Covenant, &c. In the Sacrament of the Passover, (which were the Sacraments of the Old Law) the Lamb is called the Passover. In this very Sacrament, to go no further, for instance, take but the second part of it, This is the Cup of the New Testament in my Blood: Here are not one but divers Figures. The Cup is taken for the Liquor in it; the Wine in the Cup is taken for Christ's Blood; This is the new Testament, &c. that is, the Seal of the New Testament. Here is Figure upon Figure, (saith Mr. Pool) and yet the Papists have the Impudence to reproach us for putting in but one Figure, which they confess the Holy-Ghost frequently maketh use of. Wonder, O Heavens! and judg, O Earth, whether these Men do not strain at Gnats, and swallow Camels, &c.
Answ. 'To this (saith he) I answer briefly: It is so far from being true, that he useth them not in the Sacrament, that there are none of all the Sacraments but it is used, viz. in the Sacrament of Circumcision, This is the Covenant, &c. In the Sacrament of the Passeover, (which were the Sacraments of the Old Law) the Lamb is called the Passeover. In this very Sacrament, to go no further, for instance, take but the second part of it, This is the Cup of the New Testament in my Blood: Here are not one but divers Figures. The Cup is taken for the Liquor in it; the Wine in the Cup is taken for Christ's Blood; This is the new Testament, &c. that is, the Seal of the New Testament. Here is Figure upon Figure, (saith Mr. Pool) and yet the Papists have the Impudence to reproach us for putting in but one Figure, which they confess the Holy-Ghost frequently maketh use of. Wonder, O Heavens! and judg, O Earth, whether these Men do not strain at Gnats, and swallow Camels, &c.
This openeth a Way for us to our next Work, which is to run the Parallel concerning those figurative and metaphorical Expressions of the Lord Jesus Christ, used at the Institution of the holy Eucharist, Mat. 26.26. Jesus took Bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave to his Disciples, and said, Take, eat, this is my Body.