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Heavenly merchandiseHeavenly merchandize
Heavenly merchandise; or The purchasing of truth recommended and the selling of it dissuaded; as it was delivered in several sermons upon Prov. 23. 23. / By Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston. ; [Three lines of Scripture text]Heavenly merchandize; or The purchasing of truth recommended and the selling of it disswaded; as it was delivered in several sermons upon Prov. 23. 23. / By Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston. ; [Three lines of Scripture text]
printed by Samuel Green, 1686
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7. It will support you under, and carry you cheerfully through the agonies of Death. Then to be sure (if not before) all other comforts will fail you, every other prop that hath sometime been a relief to you, will then slip from under you, but then Truth will underset you, and keep your souls from sinking; this holds up Hezekiahs heart in the very prospect of a grave and rottenness, Isa. 38. 3. Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in Truth This makes Paul to clap his hands, when he apprehends the time of his offering to approach, 2 Tim. 4. 7. I have kept the Faith. Look over all these things, and now say, what would you have more of happiness, till you are landed in the place of full enjoyment? why Buy the Truth, and it shall be all this to and do all this for you: but then,
7. It will support you under, and carry you chearfully through the agonies of Death. Then to be sure (if not before) all other comforts will fail you, every other prop that hath sometime been a relief to you, will then slip from under you, but then Truth will underset you, and keep your souls from sinking; this holds up Hezekiahs heart in the very prospect of a grave and rottenness, Isa. 38. 3. Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in Truth This makes Paul to clap his hands, when he apprehends the time of his offering to approach, 2 Tim. 4. 7. I have kept the Faith. Look over all these things, and now say, what would you have more of happiness, till you are landed in the place of full enjoyment? why Buy the Truth, and it shall be all this to and do all this for you: but then,
2. After it hath been so advantageous to you in this life, it will also lead you safe home into the fruition of perfect felicity in the other life; and here observe,