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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.
Doct. 1. The Soul of a Believer (in the Judgment of some Divines) is and may fitly be compared to a Ship.
Doct. 2. Hope, that noble and precious Grace of the Spirit, is and may fitly be compared to an Anchor.
Metaphor. | Parallel. A Ship is a rare and curious Piece of Workmanship; it shows forth the excellent Wit and Invention of Man. | The Soul of a Believer is a very rare and curious Piece of God's Workmanship. The Body and Face of a Man doth magnify the Wisdom and Glory of the Creator; but what is the Body without the Soul? it is but the Cabinet without the Jewel. II. A Ship is a very costly thing; a little will not build, rig, and fit out a Ship to Sea, especially if it be designed for a long and profitable Voyage, as to the East-Indies, or the like. | II. The Soul of a Believer is a very costly and chargeable thing; God hath parted with much Treasure in building,1 or rather rebuilding and fitting of it out, to sail through the Ocean of this World, to the Haven of eternal Happiness; hath parted with his Son, with his Spirit, his Grace, his Gospel, &c. III. Some Ships are built for noble and eminent Service, and are very profitable to the Owners. | III. The Charge that God hath been at in building and rebuilding the Soul of a Believer, is for renowned and eminent Service, viz. the Glory of God, and everlasting Happiness. IV. He that builds and owns a Ship, doth usually commit the Care and Charge of her to another, who is to sail in her. | IV. So doth God Almighty commit the Charge and Care of our Souls to us. We are employed but as Stewards,2 or Deputy-Owners, and must be accountable to God, if our Souls are lost. V. A gallant Ship that is bound for India, or for some noble and eminent Service, is richly freighted, hath divers rare Commodities in her, &c. | V. So the Soul of a Believer, that it may make a blessed and glorious Voyage, is most richly stored and freighted with the precious Gifts and Graces of God's holy Spirit, &c. VI. A Ship ought to have a good Bottom, or the Danger is very great. Whatever she seems to be above Deck, tho never so stately and lovely to look upon; yet if her Bottom be naught and defective, she will never make the Voyage. | VI. So ought the Soul of a Christian to have a good Foundation. If not built upon Christ, if not sincere and firm at Heart, what Profession he may make, tho never so glorious, will prove fruitless and vain, the Soul is in danger, and will for ever unavoidably be lost.