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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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1. Receive nothing for a Divine Truth upon the […]: And therefore have a care ⟨p. 99⟩of having mens persons too much in admiration; the Apostle complains of such, Jude 16. Having mens persons in admiration because of advantage. That may be true which men teach, but it is not therefore so because they teach it: it derives not its verity from their authority: hence you have a description of a right entertaining of the Word of God, in 1 Thess. 2. 13. When ye received the Word of God, which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but (as it is in Truth) the Word of God. That which is it self false, cannot alter the property, or become otherwise, though it should come with the authority of an Angel; hence, that, Gal. 1. 8. Though we, or an Angel from Heaven, should preach any other Gospel than that we have Preached, let him be accursed.
1. Receive nothing for a Divine Truth upon the 〈…〉: And therefore have a care ⟨p. 99⟩of having mens persons too much in admiration; the Apostle complains of such, Jude 16. Having mens persons in admiration because of advantage. That may be true which men teach, but it is not therefore so because they teach it: it derives not its verity from their authority: hence you have a description of a right entertaining of the Word of God, in 1 Thess. 2. 13. When ye received the Word of God, which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but (as it is in Truth) the Word of God. That which is it self false, cannot alter the property, or become otherwise, though it should come with the authority of an Angel; hence, that, Gal. 1. 8. Though we, or an Angel from Heaven, should preach any other Gospel than that we have Preached, let him be accursed.