Heavenly merchandiseHeavenly merchandize

Name: Heavenly merchandise
Author: Samuel Willard

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]

Samuel Willard 1640–1707printed by Samuel Green, 1686

[6], 171, [3] p. ; 15 cm. (8vo) · 39k words · Evans 424 · Wing W2279

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Proverbs 23. 23. Buy the Truth, and Sell it not.

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This may suffice for the Third Direction.

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4. Finally, If you will buy the Truth, buy it Now, use no delays in the business. There is now a fair advantage in your hands, Truths Shop stands open all the day long; there is many a spiritual Market set open to you on the Lords days, and on other frequent ⟨p. 140⟩occasions; it is now a day of Grace with you, and (I pray) let it not slip: God himself offers to you the Truth, and entreats of you to buy it, and bids you, that if you have any purpose so to do, you will do it quickly, to day, while the Market lasts, and a price is in your hands; and to urge this advice, give me leave to offer these things to your serious thoughts.

4. Finally, If you will buy the Truth, buy it Now, use no delays in the business. There is now a fair advantage in your hands, Truths Shop stands open all the day long; there is many a spiritual Market set open to you on the Lords dayes, and on other frequent ⟨p. 140⟩occasions; it is now a day of Grace with you, and (I pray) let it not slip: God himself offers to you the Truth, and intreats of you to buy it, and bids you, that if you have any purpose so to do, you will do it quickly, to day, while the Market lasts, and a price is in your hands; and to urge this advice, give me leave to offer these things to your serious thoughts.

:165p. 140–141¶1

1. Truths Market will certainly be over with every one of us in a little while, and then there will be no buying of it, though you should never so much desire it. There was a time when the Prophet made that sad complaint concerning Jerusalem,

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