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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. How many there are (especially in this place) that seldom (if ever) frequent truths market; i. e. the Public Ordinances? Not to make mention of, or bring into this Catalogue, these who pretend themselves born possessed of Truth enough to serve their turn, and so greatly enriched with a treasure of a Light within, that they make it one principal article of their Religion, never to come there where Truth is to be bought; it is said by some who have had great advantage to ⟨p. 36⟩make such an observation, that no Sabbath-day passeth, wherein there are not many hundreds in this very place, who have nothing of necessary hindrance, and yet do not repair to any one place of Public Worship: and of a great many more, it is too notorious to be called into question, that if they can get forth to Gods House one part of the Sabbath, they have full enough of the Public Worship, and think they have done some great matter: and it is certain, that such as these are no buyers; they are only such as watch daily at Wisdoms gates, and wait at the posts of her Doors, Prov. 8. 34.
1. How many there are (especially in this place) that seldom (if ever) frequent truths market; i. e. the Publick Ordinances? Not to make mention of, or bring into this Catalogue, these who pretend themselves born possessed of Truth enough to serve their turn, and so greatly enriched with a treasure of a Light within, that they make it one principal article of their Religion, never to come there where Truth is to be bought; it is said by some who have had great advantage to ⟨p. 36⟩make such an observation, that no Sabbath-day passeth, wherein there are not many hundreds in this very place, who have nothing of necessary hindrance, and yet do not repair to any one place of Publick Worship: and of a great many more, it is too notorious to be called into question, that if they can get forth to Gods House one part of the Sabbath, they have full enough of the Publick Worship, and think they have done some great matter: and it is certain, that such as these are no buyers; they are onely such as watch daily at Wisdoms gates, and wait at the posts of her Doors, Prov. 8. 34