N00348:192
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
5. Beware of Carnal Confidence, and learn to be humble. It is Pauls advice, 1 Cor. 10. 12. Let him that thinketh he stands, ⟨p. 169⟩take heed lest he fall; there is many a man that makes a great bluster with a Profession; and he sell the Truth? No not he: here is this or that man they are afraid of, (and it is to be hoped their Charity will engage them to pray for them) but for themselves they are sixth, and say as Peter, I be offended? no, tho all be offended, I will not; I deny thee? no, though I should dye with thee, I'll not deny thee; there are a great many such boasters, whom (it is to be feared) if trials come indeed upon them, God will put to shame: It is the humble self-suspecting soul, that is like to keep his ground, and maintain the Truth, as his inheritance, with unshaken resolutions.
5. Beware of Carnal Confidence, and learn to be humble. It is Pauls advice, 1 Cor. 10. 12. Let him that thinketh he stands, ⟨p. 169⟩take heed lest he fall; there is many a man that makes a great bluster with a Profession; and he sell the Truth? No not he: here is this or that man they are afraid of, (and it is to be hoped their Charity will engage them to pray for them) but for themselves they are fixt, and say as Peter, I be offended? no, tho all be offended, I will not; I deny thee? no, though I should dye with thee, I'le not deny thee; there are a great many such boasters, whom (it is to be feared) if tryals come indeed upon them, God will put to shame: It is the humble self-suspecting soul, that is like to keep his ground, and maintain the Truth, as his inheritance, with unshaken resolutions.
6. Hence be much in the exercise of faith and prayer; believe in Christ, and rely on his promise; Truths great rewards are in reversion, and received by saith; and our strength is not in our own hands but in Gods, and therefore to be sought for by earnest supplications: If God do not help us we shall fail, he only can carry us through; all that encouragement, support, comfort, and inward