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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 Flock of Sheep.
Cant. 1.7. Tell me, O thou whom my Soul loveth, where thou feedest, and where thou makest thy Flock to rest at Noon, &c. Luke 12.32. Fear not, little Flock, it is your Father's good Pleasure to give you the Kingdom.
The Church, or Saints of God, are compared unto a Flock of Sheep.
THe Church, or Saints of God, are compared unto a Flock of Sheep.
Metaphor. | Parallel. Sheep are clean Beasts, tame and gentle; not wild, as Tigers, Lions, Foxes, or Wolves; nor unclean, as Dogs, Swine, &c. | SO the Saints of God are a People tamed, as it were, by God's Spirit, from that natural Wildness and Perverseness, made gentle, willing to come into Christ's Fold, cleansed from Impurity of Heart and Life. II. Sheep are simple, a harmless Sort of Creatures, not crafty, ravenous, and devouring, as those Sort of Beasts above-mentioned. | II. So the Saints of God are holy; they are taught to be simple concerning Evil:1