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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. There are a great many that run with the multitude, and make a loud cry, that which every one saith must needs be true: but this rule will not hold universally, if men trust to it, it will many times deceive them; the Scripture tells us of a time, when the whole World shall wonder after the Beast, Rev. 13. 3. and when the Inhabitants of the Earth shall be made drunk with the wine of the Fornication of the great Whore, Chap. 17: 1, 2. and this properly aims at the time when there shall be a general Apostasy from the profession of the Truth, and men shall be intoxicated with the false Doctrines of Antichrist: The Scripture informs us that there was once a time when there was but one Elijah to maintain the Truth of Gods Worship ⟨p. 103⟩against four hundred of Baals Prophets: and Ecclesiastical History makes report, that once there was occasion for such a speech, Unus Anastasius contra totum mundum; when there was but one Paphnutius to withstand an whole Council in defence of the honour of Matrimony: when the Church was driven into the Wilderness, Truth went with her, whiles error took the Chair and ruled at pleasure. and it is too certain that Truth doth not always gain the major vote in the Christian World, but is many times confronted by the greater part of pretenders to it.
1. There are a great many that run with the multitude, and make a loud cry, that which every one saith must needs be true: but this rule will not hold universally, if men trust to it, it will many times deceive them; the Scripture tells us of a time, when the whole World shall wonder after the Beast, Rev. 13. 3. and when the Inhabitants of the Earth shall be made drunk with the wine of the Fornication of the great Whore, Chap. 17: 1, 2. and this properly aims at the time when there shall be a general Apostasie from the profession of the Truth, and men shall be intoxicated with the false Doctrines of Antichrist: The Scripture informs us that there was once a time when there was but one Elias to maintain the Truth of Gods Worship ⟨p. 103⟩against four hundred of Baals Prophets: and Ecclesiastical History makes report, that once there was occasion for such a speech, Unus Anastasius contra totum mundum; when there was but one Paphnutius to withstand an whole Council in defence of the honour of Matrimony: when the Church was driven into the Wilderness, Truth went with her, whiles error took the Chair and ruled at pleasure. and it is too certain that Truth doth not alwayes gain the major vote in the Christian World, but is many times confronted by the greater part of pretenders to it.