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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. Beware of being too much led by examples, he that will stand by the Truth must resolve, not only conditionally, but absolutely; ⟨p. 168⟩not only to stand as long as this or that man whom he placeth great credit and confidence in, but he must resolve as Peter, though all men forsake thee, yet will not I. If we will truly obey this command of God, it must be no prejudice to us, if we see a thousand fall at our right hand, and ten thousand at our left, though great Stars should come tumbling down out of the Firmament, and those seemingly of the first magnitude: tho this should be brought as an argument against us, and thrown in our dish to upbraid us, yet we must not regard it, so as to be shaken in Spirit, but when many go away and walk no more with Christ, we must make the same answer that his Disciples did to him, when he asked them if they would go also, John 6. 68. Whither shall we go? thou only hast the words of Eternal Life; and it is no unusual thing for an hour of Temptation to present us with the ruins of many an Eminent Professor, who hath forsaken the truth, and embraced the world, these must be our monitors, and not our Presidents.
4. Beware of being too much led by examples, he that will stand by the Truth must resolve, not only conditionally, but absolutely; ⟨p. 168⟩not only to stand as long as this or that man whom he placeth great credit and confidence in, but he must resolve as Peter, though all men forsake thee, yet will not I. If we will truly obey this command of God, it must be no prejudice to us, if we see a thousand fall at our right hand, and ten thousand at our left, though great Stars should come tumbling down out of the Firmament, and those seemingly of the first magnitude: tho this should be brought as an argument against us, and thrown in our dish to upbraid us, yet we must not regard it, so as to be shaken in Spirit, but when many go away and walk no more with Christ, we must make the same answer that his Disciples did to him, when he askt them if they would go also, John 6. 68. Whither shall we go? thou onely hast the words of Eternal Life; and it is no unusual thing for an hour of Temptation to present us with the ruines of many an Eminent Professor, who hath forsaken the truth, and embraced the world, these must be our monitors, and not our Presidents.