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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.
Thirdly; This Faculty or natural Power, called Conscience, only appertaineth to Men, and not to any irrational Creatures. Brutes want Reason, and therefore are not capable Subjects of Conscience; yet against Reason and Conscience Men oftentimes do worse than a Beast.
Fourthly; Conscience is a natural Power in Man, which compares his Ways and Thoughts by some Rule; and according as his Ways agree or disagree with that Rule, so answerably doth it bear witness with or against him.
If the Understanding be enlightened with Truth, to wit, the Word of God, then Conscience compares the Ways of a Man by a perfect Rule. But if the Understanding be enlightened with natural or moral Principles only, then Conscience compares a Man's Ways according to those Principles only, and so by an imperfect Rule.
If the Understanding be enlightned with Truth, to wit, the Word of God, then Conscience compares the Ways of a Man by a perfect Rule. But if the Understanding be enlightned with natural or moral Principles only, then Conscience compares a Man's Ways according to those Principles only, and so by an imperfect Rule.
So far Mr. Lockier, and others, as to what Conscience is.