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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.
The Church compared to a Vineyard.
Psal. 80.15. And the Vineyard which thy Right-hand hath planted. Isa. 5.1. Now will I sing to my well-beloved, a Song of my Beloved, touching his Vineyard. Verse 7. For the Vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the House of Israel, and the Men of Judah his pleasant Plant.
A Vineyard, the Place where Vines are planted, metaphorically signifieth the Church. The Church is compared to a Vineyard.
Metaphor. | Parallel. The Land that is made into a Vineyard, is a Piece of Ground taken out of a Wilderness, or other common Ground, designed to that special use. | SO the Church is taken out of the Wilderness of this World,1 being separated from all People, to be a peculiar People to God:2 By Nature Saints were as barren and fruitless as Sinners. II. A Vineyard is fenced or walled in, to secure it from wild Beasts, and others, who may offend or hurt it. | II.3