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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.
2. By Antichrist, the First-born of Satan. He hath for above twelve hundred Years laid Siege against it, using all manner of Engines, Craft, and Cruelty, to batter her down, and finally to destroy her.
3. She is besieged by the World, by wicked Men, Men of earthly and carnal Principles, who abhor Zion, and say, Let her be defiled, raze her,1 even to the Foundation thereof.
4. She is besieged by Sin, and the Flesh, a secret Enemy, who fain in a clandestine way would betray her; this Enemy doth her the most Mischief.
5. She is besieged by a Multitude of false Teachers;1 these likewise have done great Hurt and Damage to the Church of God, who labour by evil Doctrine to poison all her Inhabitants.