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A37483	Tropologia, or, A key to open Scripture metaphors the first book containing sacred philology, or the tropes in Scripture, reduc'd under their proper heads, with a brief explication of each / partly translated and partly compil'd from the works of the learned by T.D. The second and third books containing a practical improvement (parallel-wise) of several of the most frequent and useful metaphors, allegories, and express similitudes of the Old and New Testament / by B.K.	De Laune, Thomas, d. 1685.; Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704.	1681 (1681)	Wing D895; ESTC R24884	855,682	1,006

hunger and thirst after Righteousness c. Blessed are the meek c. But except your Righteousness shall exceed the Righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees ye shall in no wise enter into the Kingdom of Heaven Mat. 5.20 Ye that have abode with me in my Temptations I appoint unto you a Kingdom c. With a multitude of such like Speeches which are contained in the holy Gospel which he uttered to encourage and animate all his Disciples in their Spiritual Warfare IX Jesus Christ takes in and shuts out as he sees Cause he cashereed Judas Demas Hymeneus Philetas and Alexander and takes in Paul Barnabas and Apollo into his Company X. The Lord Jesus is the Head of all true Christians and Commander of the Church Militant in chief all the Bands of the white Reigment march under his Banner H●● is the Head of his Body the Church Given to be a Leader and Commander to the People X. Christ when he was baptized by John took his Place in the Minstry as the Leader of his Church and ran the greatest Hazard yet deserted not his Followers for fear of Danger He not only loved them to the end but did bear them company and abode with them to the last even till he suffered for their sakes the bitter Death of the Cross c. And is spiritally with them all ways to the end of the World XI Christ gives the Word of Command to his Saints which they are to observe If any Man will serve me let him follow me Teach them to observe all things that I command you XII So is Christ by being the Captain of our Salvation for War not originally from his own natural Disposition for he is for Peace but by reason of the resolved Opposition that is in the hearts of his Enemies against him I came not to send Peace on the Earth but to bring a Sword Mat. 10.34 XIII Jesus Christ met with Enemies not only Flesh and Blood yea potent Flesh and Blood Men in Power and high Places such as Herod Pontius Pilate and the Rulers of the Jews but Principalities and Powers no less than Beelzebub himself and all his Train whom he fairly engag'd with eminent Success XIV Jesus made use both of Armor and Weapons he saw no small need for it viz. 1. The Breastplate of Righteousness when Satan and wicked Men by their Temptations would have drawn him from his Allegiance by great Proffers of Power and Glory 2. The Sword of the Spirit by which he cut down the Devil and the wicked Jews in all their Assaults It is written it is written c. 3. The Shield of Faith when he came to the last and most bloody Battel of all For the Joy that was set before him he endured the Cross despised the Shame and is sate down at the right hand of the Majesty on high XV. Jesus Christ like a most valiant Captain made good his Ground against all the Force and Artillery of Hell in a glorious manner even to the death of the Cross. XVI Christ took great care of his Saints to preserve and secure them how ever it fared with himself 1. He left them good Orders to observe in his absence the Rules of the holy Gospel 2. He took care to send them a good Guide for their Conduct no less than the Holy-Ghost the Comforter 3. He prayed for them on Earth and he prays in Heaven to engage the Protection of Almighty God for them Father keep through thine own Name those that thou hast given me c. XVII Jesus Christ prefers his Saints and Followers whom he finds worthy He gave some Apostles some Prophets some Evangelists Pastors and Teachers for the Work of the Ministry c. I thank Christ Jesus who hath put me into the Ministry XVIII Christ made not Novices and unexperienc'd Christians Ministers and Pastors of Churches and Leaders of Societies He set Peter James and John to be Apostles and Leaders in the first place and Paul Sylvanus and Timotheus stout and brave Commanders to bring up as it were the Rear God hath set forth us the Apostles last of all as it were appointed to Death XIX Jesus Christ in all weighty Affairs is joined with the Father and holy Spirit the great Council of Heaven and without Him who is called Wonderful Counsellor there is nothing of grand Importance transacted either in Heaven or Earth nay without him was nothing done at first All things were made by him and without him was not any thing made that was made When Commission was givn to Creatures of all kinds to act in their proper sphere Christ was there See Counsellor XX. Christ's place is a place of Honour because he was Worthy and the Army that he hath raised is not a Rebellious Army but legally raised and behave themselves well they are kept under good Government and Discipline not one debauch'd person in the Army is continued in the Muster-Rolls but presently turn'd off blotted out and delivered up to Satan when discovered by his inferior Officers to be such Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness From such turn away Deliver such over to Satan turn him into his own Kingdom Because thou hast loved Righteousness and hated Iniquity therefore God even thy God hath anointed thee with the Oil of Gladness above thy Fellows That all Men might honour the Son even as they honour the Father XXI Jesus Christ offers Terms of Peace and Reconciliation because he would prevent their Ruine if possible before he falls upon them and fights against them with the Sword of his Mouth Turn at my Reproof how often would I have gathered thy Children together c. In what Place soever you enter say Peace c. I gave her space to repent of her Fornication but she repented not Rev. 2.21 I will kill her Children with Death c. XXII Jesus Christ when his Grace and Offers of Mercy are refused hath and will make slaughtering work in the Earth O what work was made upon Jerusalem not long after the refusing the terms of Peace and offers of Grace and Favour by Jesus Christ. See the lamentable Story in Josephus c. And what work will shortly be made with bloody Rome in the day of Death Mourning and Famine that is coming on apace when she shall have Blood given her to drink and shall be utterly burnt with Fire And what Devastation will be made by this great Captain who is red in his Apparel and his Cloaths as them that tread in the Wine-Press at the Battel of Armagedon when the vast Armies of the Beast shall be slaughtered and destroyed by the sharp Sword that goes out of his Mouth And Blood shall come forth to the Horses Bridles for a thousand and six hundred Furlong●● The Fowls of Heaven shall be filled with their Flesh there shall

that there was one above even God that seeth all things Besides these two Witnesses that are of such mighty Credit there may be three more added namely 1. The good Angels which are much busied in this World to watch Men and inspect their Ways 2. The evil Angels who are never out of Mens Company and have voluntarily of their own accord been Accusers of the Brethren who will give Testimony at the Bar of Christ against their own Proselites if God calls for it 3. The ordinary Companions of Transgressors with whom Counsel was held about evil Projects Designs and Actions of Murder Theft Drunkenness and Adultery whose Tongues shall no doubt be as ready to accuse their Comrades as to confess their own Faults concerning whom we are inform'd that not only every Knee shall bow but every Tongue shall confess c. IX Jesus Christ will magnify the Law and make it honourable in that the Word or Law spoken by Angels by Moses by Himself and his holy Apostles shall be the Rule of Judgment at the last Day X. Jesus Christ the high and great Judg of Heaven and Earth at the end of the World on his Judgment-Seat will be very terrible in three respects 1. He is set forth as being cloathed with Majesty as Judges are with their Scarlet-Robes Red in his Apparel cloathed with a Garment down to his Foot girt about the Paps with a Golden Girdle his Hair like Wooll as white as Snow his Eyes like a Flame of Fire and his Feet like fine Brass as if it burned in a Furnace his Countenance as the Sun shining in its Strength and his Voice like the Roaring of a Lion the Noise of Thunder or the Sound of many Waters 2. He will have great Attendance even all the Angels in Heaven When the Son of Man shall come and all the holy Angels with him he shall sit upon the Throne of his Glory All the Saints that ever were in the World since the beginning thereof shall sit upon the Throne with him The Lord my God shall come and all the Saints with him Know you not that the Saints shall judg the World 3. He will pass a most solemn and fatal Sentence upon the Ungodly They shall not stand in this Judgment nor Sinners in the Congregation of the Righteous The Sentence will be Depart from me ye workers of Iniquity I know you not Go ye cursed into everlasting Fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels Which with the Consequences of it and Reasons assigned you have at large Mat. 25. O the sad Shreeks the hideous Noises the woful and lamentable Out-crys from high and low that will attend this solemn Sentence which no Tongue of Man is able to express XI So Jesus Christ the Universal and Supream Judg hath the full Command of all the good and elect Angels who attend the Court at the great Assizes to see that no Resistance nor Escape be made but that Sentence be fully executed upon all the treasonable black rebellious and condemned Crew Take and bind them hand and foot and it follows These shall go away into everlasting Punishment Inferences IF there be a Judge a Time a Place and work of Judgment we do infer these three things I. What great need Unbelievers Rebels Traitors and all Offenders have of Pardon there being nothing else will stand them in stead when they appear before the great Judge where there will be no pleading not guilty because of full Evidence as to matter of Fact no pleading Ignorance because a known and establish'd Law is broke No benefit of Petitions because the King is gone off the Mercy-Seat No relying upon the wrong Verdict of Corrupt Jurors because no such Persons will be found there to afford help Nothing avails with the Judge in this Judgment-Day but a white Stone a Wedding-Garment the spotless Righteousness of Jesus Christ all who want this Robe will in that day be speechless II. How sad will it fare with all those that go out of this World without Faith in the Son of God without the Pardon of their Sins Wo unto such in that day that ever they were born Look to it all you Unbelievers Swearers Whoremongers Persecutors Liars Sabbath-breakers lovers of Pleasures more than lovers of God Covetous Persons Proud Persons Thieves Drunkards and Backsliders what will you do in that day as sure as God liveth you will be all condemned unless you repent and believe in Christ to the Lake that burneth with Fire and Brimstone What will you do in this day of Visitation who shall plead for you now you have lost the prevailing Advocate Where will Sinners and ungodly Ones appear how will you be able to look the Judg in the Face How can you escape this Judgment that have neglected so great Salvation How can you escape the Damnation of Hell that have no Christ no Faith no Pardon III. But thrice happy are they who appear before this great and mighty this high and terrible Judg with a white Stone with a Wedding Robe with a Pardon under Hand and Seal 1. The Law is silent being fully answered 2. The Judg smiles and takes Knowledg of them as the Favorites of Heaven Well done good and faithful Servant c. Come ye blessed of my Father enter into the Joy of your Lord. Inherit the Kingdom prepared for you c. 3. The Witnesses are freed from Trouble and excused from giving Testimony against them because Guilt was owned the Fact was confessed a self Judgment passed and the King's Pardon obtained through the Redemption that is in Christ's Blood Now if God be for us who can be against us If God justifies who shall condemn who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's Elect Who shall condemn if Christ hath died shed his Blood and sent his Spirit to seal that Pardon God the chief Witness is pleased Conscience is purged Peace being there his Power to accuse is gone the inward Thoughts are for excusing altogether What remains now but Liberty proclaimed There is no Condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the Flesh but after the Spirit Rom. 8.1 And the Joyous Jubilee sounded forth Lo this is our God we have waited for him the Lord is our Lawgiver our Judg our King He is come to save us we will be glad and rejoyce in his Salvation He is come to be glorified in his Saints and admired in all them that believe Sing Praises to our God sing Praises to our King sing Praises to our Judg sing Praises Glory be to God and to the Lamb to the King and to the Judg for ever and for ever World without end Amen Christ compared to the Brazen Serpent Joh. 3.14 15. As Moses lifted up the Serpent in the Wilderness even so must the Son of Man be lifted up that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have Everlasting Life Type

Eternity he is God and so all things in heaven and earth are his all things that the Father hath are mine saith Christ Joh. 16.15 2. He is Rich as Mediator so it pleased the father in him all fulness should dwell he was made heir of all things 3. The gospel shews the father hath given all things to him he came by them as the free Donation of the Father 4. Christ obtained his Riches also by Conquest he has recovered them for us by overcoming his and our Enemies all the Riches Christ hath as Mediator he got by quest as Israel got Canaan Sin and Satan those spiritual Thieves had Robbed us of our Riches but Jesus Christ hath rescued or recovered them again out of the hands of these Robbers 5. Christ the gospel shews hath obtained his Riches by purchase Grace is purchased gifts are purchased glory is purchased the Church which is called his Inheritance is purchased Heaven is purchased How do you make it appear that Jesus Christ is gloriously Rich 1. Because he had enough to pay all our debts yet never a one of us owed less than Ten Thousand Talents 2. Christs Riches were glorious Riches because they will satisfie glorious Justice which no other Riches could do no not the Riches of Ten Thousand Worlds nor all the worth and Riches of the Angels of Heaven 3. Because he provides for and maintains all in heaven and earth at his own charges and as all have their beings from him so likewise they are fed and sustained by him they all eat at his Table none keeps such a house hath such a family as Christ he has a good stock great comings in that thus abundantly layeth out 4. Christs Riches are glorious Riches appears in that he hath enriched so many Men and women since the World begun and not only so but also with variety of Choice and precious Riches oh what abundance of Souls hath the Lord Jesus enriched thousands and ten thousands how many before the Law and under the Law and under the Gospel who can account or reckon up their number John declares the number of them that he beheld Round about the Throne to be ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands how many hath he made great Advanced on high honoured greatly on earth bestowed vast Treasures and Riches upon how many Millions hath he Adorned and gloriously Dect with Jewels Precious Stones and Pearls of an inestimable value and yet never the poorer 5. Christs glorious Riches appears in that he is generally Rich Rich in all things all the gold and silver and precious stones in the world are his he is the proper Proprietor of them the earth is the Lords and the fulness thereof The Cattle upon a thousand hills The Wool Flax and Oyl are his nay moreover all Divine vertues and spiritual gifts are his he is Rich in wisdom and knowledge in grace and glory 6. Christ is gloriously Rich appears in that he has a Kingdom yea a glorious vast and splendent Kingdom and Crown to give to every one of his faithful followers Every Saint shall have a Kingdom and Crown that fadeth not away Be thou faithful unto Death and I will give thee a Crown of Life 7. Because his Riches are of such an Excellent Nature that they enrich the Soul of Man other Men may have vast Riches may have store of gold and silver and other good things and yet none of these Riches can enrich their Souls spiritually they may be poor and miserable notwithstanding their great abundance 8. Christ is gloriously Rich appears in that he hath enough to enrich all come who will thousands and ten thousands yea millions of thousands if they come to him he has Riches of grace and glory for them all Oh there is abundance yea a redundancy of grace and Riches in Christ he is as fall of grace as the Sea is full of water or the Sun is full of Light 9. Christ is gloriously Rich because his Riches are Incomparable in respect of their nature and quality Happy is the man saith Solomon that findeth wisdom and the man that getteth understanding for the merchandize of it is better than the merchandize of silver or the gain thereof than fine gold she is more precious then Rubies and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her A little Faith tho' it be but as a grain of Mustard seed is worth more then Thrones Crowns and Kingdoms of the earth one dram of grace is better then all the gold of Ophir 10. Christs Riches are glorious Riches because they cannot be spent Christs Treasury is inexhaustible it can never be drawn dry Christ gives abundantly out but never wastes his Stores nor hath a farthing the less the Riches of Christ are unsearchable O the height the depth the breadth and length of Christs Riches who can find out the bottom of his Rich love and grace the bottom of his Rich wisdom and knowledge we may well cry out upon this account with the Apostle O the depth of the Riches both of the wisdom and knowledg of God how unsearchable are his Judgements and his ways past finding out 11. Christs Riches are glorious riches because his riches are harmless as a Divine well observes they are riches that will not hurt nor harm the Souls of such that possess them never were any made worse by being spiritually Rich. The riches of the World have undone many they have been as Thornes to them by which they have been peirced through with many sorrows Many will one day curse the Day that ever they had such store of earthly riches Riches are a snare to the Possessors hence Christ saith 't is hard for a Rich man to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven 12. Christs riches are glorious riches because they are satisfying riches Silver and Gold will not satisfie he that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver nor he that loveth abundance of Increase he that has Christ and his riches has enough nay he has all he has Pardon and Peace of Conscience what can he desire more that has God and Christ and a Title to Heaven Hence the Scripture saith he shall abide satisfied such thirst no more their Inordinate desire after the world is allayed 13. Lastly Christs riches are glorious riches because they are Permanent they are lasting yea everlasting riches Other riches fly away like smoke they are here to day and gone in a moment with one spark of fire or with one blast at sea but Christs riches are durable riches and honour are with me yea durable riches and righteousness Thirdly Why is Christ held forth in the Gospel to be thus gloriously Rich 1. That the Doubts and Scruples that are in sinner hearts might be removed is there enough in Christ is there enough Grace enough Pardon enough Strength c. 2.