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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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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.
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, Lam. 2. 9. The Law is no more, her Prophets, also find no vision from the Lord. And whither we may live to see the doors of Gods house shut up, and public Worship interdicted, is with Him alone to determine, who hath put the times and seasons into his own power; But this is certain, that there is none of us all shall long enjoy a season to be purchasing of this heavenly wisdom in; there will a time come, and it may be before we think of it, when our feet shall carry us no more to those places, where God hath been wont to come and reveal himself to the Children of men: unless therefore