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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.
IN these places of the Holy Scripture, Zion, or the Church of God, is called a City. Zion was a Fort or Mount in Jerusalem, and the Temple was built upon it; hence the Church of the Jews was called (as some conceive) by this Name Zion, because there they assembled: but after it was a Name or Title given to the Church, whether Jews or Gentiles, Heb. 12.12. Ye are come to Mount Zion, to the City of the Living God, the heavenly Jerusalem.
IN these places of the Holy Scripture, Sion, or the Church of God, is called a City. Sion was a Fort or Mount in Jerusalem, and the Temple was built upon it; hence the Church of the Jews was called (as some conceive) by this Name Zion, because there they assembled: but after it was a Name or Title given to the Church, whether Jews or Gentiles, Heb. 12.12. Ye are come to Mount Sion, to the City of the Living God, the heavenly Jerusalem.
God's People may be called by the Name of Zion, or Jerusalem,
God's People may be called by the Name of Sion, or Jerusalem,
1. Because we were naturally like Jerusalem, the Forts of the Jebusites, viz. Sinners and Enemies to God.