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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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2. Make not Wise and Learned Men your Rule. Men may be intimately acquainted with all the mysteries of Art and Nature, and yet be strangers to the saving Truths of the Word of God: We should constantly carry about with us that solemn expression of Paul, 1 Cor. 1. 26. Not many wise are called; & that of our Saviour Christ, Mat. 11. 25. Thou hast hid those things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes; even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight. It is a worthy Observation of one, That all the Heresies that have been so mischievous to the Christian World, were nothing else but the trimmings and flourishes of humane Learning. Not that ⟨p. 101⟩Learning and Knowledge are therefore to be contemned; that of Solomon is observable, Eccles. 2. 13. Wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. but withal we must remember that many men while they have thought to be wise, became fools in their imaginations; yea, how often doth it sadly prove a Truth, that the Worlds Wise men, improve their wisdom against the Truth; and counting the Doctrines of Christ to be foolishness, do set themselves directly to subvert them?
2. Make not Wise and Learned Men your Rule. Men may be intimately acquainted with all the mysteries of Art and Nature, and yet be strangers to the saving Truths of the Word of God: We should constantly carry about with us that solemn expression of Paul, 1 Cor. 1. 26. Not many wise are called; & that of our Saviour Christ, Mat. 11. 25. Thou hast hid those things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes; even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight. It is a worthy Observation of one, That all the Heresies that have been so mischievous to the Christian World, were nothing else but the trimmings and flourishes of humane Learning. Not that ⟨p. 101⟩