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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 Merchant-Ship.
Prov. 31.14. She is like unto Merchant-Ships. Isa. 54.11. O thou afflicted, and tossed with Tempests, and not comforted!
The Church of God in these Scriptures, as Expositors observe, is compared to a Ship, to a Merchant-Ship.
THe Church of God in these Scriptures, as Expositors observe, is compared to a Ship, to a Merchant-Ship.
Simile. | Parallel. A Merchant-Ship tradeth from one Place to another; she fetcheth her Merchandise from afar. | The Church of God trades to Heaven, she fetcheth her spiritual Merchandise from thence:1 Our Conversation is in Heaven. II. A Merchant-Ship hath a skilful Pilot, to steer and guide her the right way, that so she may not split upon Rocks or Sands, or any other way miscarry in her Voyage. | II. The Church of God hath a most expert and skilful Pilot, viz. Jesus Christ, to steer her Course through the Seas of this World, that so she may not be split upon the Rocks of human Inventions, nor the Sands of false Doctrine, Error, and Heresy. III. A Merchant-Ship is tossed oftentimes upon a troublesome and tempestuous Sea, and yet keeps up, and is preserved in a wonderful manner, upon boisterous Waves. | III. So the Church of God is often tossed with Tempests, or subject to, and vexed with the Incursions of an envious and persecuting World, the Ungodly being compared to the troubled Sea.