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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.
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 Be ye (saith Christ) as innocent as Doves. They seek the Hurt of no Man; not like Romish Wolves, who delight in nothing more than in Blood and Rapine, shedding the Blood of those who do not wrong or injure them, but desire to live peaceably in the Land. III. Sheep are meek and patient under Sufferings: Hence our Saviour is said to be led as a Lamb to the Slaughter; 2and as a Sheep is dumb before the Shearer, so opened he not his Mouth. See Lamb. | III. So the Saints and People of God are meek and patient under God's hand, both when they suffer for their Sins, or for the Trial of their Graces; as appeareth in Job, David, Stephen, &c.