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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. Selling implies an interest in a thing; a man must have a thing before he can sell it: he must be some way or other possest of it. Now men may two ways be said to be possest of the Truth; either,
1. Selling implies an intrest in a thing; a man must have a thing before he can sell it: he must be some way or other possest of it. Now men may two ways be said to be possest of the Truth; either,
1. When they have in an open profession owned and acknowledged the Truth of the Gospel; when they have attained unto a literal understanding of, and give an historical assent and credit to the Doctrines of life ⟨p. 25⟩laid down in the Word of God, and do declare for them openly. Or,
2. Which is the best and surest title; when they have received the Truth in Love, and heartily embraced it by a saving faith; when they receive it, as it is in Jesus; when they are really built upon it: for then the Truth is indeed theirs by such a sure claim, as can never be justly questioned; they have bought it, and it is their own; God himself hath made it over to them, and sealed up the Sale.