Heavenly merchandiseHeavenly merchandize

Name: Heavenly merchandise
Author: Samuel Willard

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]

Samuel Willard 1640–1707printed by Samuel Green, 1686

[6], 171, [3] p. ; 15 cm. (8vo) · 39k words · Evans 424 · Wing W2279

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Proverbs 23. 23. Buy the Truth, and Sell it not.

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1. That if he keep the Truth safe, it will plentifully reward him for all these sufferings. Why did Moses prefer Affliction for Truths sake, before the Egyptian Crown? see Heb. 11. 26. The man is well satisfied that earth and hell can never undo him so long as he keeps the Truth, he can ⟨p. 62⟩never be ruined whilst this is his portion. This will pay for estate, credit, liberty life; make plentiful amends for revilings, confiscations, reproaches, imprisonments, bonds, and the cruellest tortures which the spiteful wit of man can invent or inflict; hence none of all these things moved Paul, but his whole care was (whatever befell him) not to forgo the Truth, Acts 20. 22, 23, 24. and in the midst of all fore: and bitter oppressions, the Church comforteth her self with that, that she had not forsaken the Truth, Psal. 44, 17. […] that is come upon us, yet have we not forgotten thee, nor dealt falsely in thy Covenant.

1. That if he keep the Truth safe, it will plentifully reward him for all these sufferings. Why did Moses prefer Affliction for Truths sake, before the Egyptian Crown? see Heb. 11. 26. The man is well satisfied that earth and hell can never undo him so long as he keeps the Truth, he can ⟨p. 62⟩never be ruined whilst this is his portion. This will pay for estate, credit, liberty life; make plentiful amends for revilings, confications, reproaches, imprisonments, bonds, and the cruellest tortures which the spiteful wit of man can invent or inflict; hence none of all these things moved Paul, but his whole care was (whatever bofell him) not to forgo the Truth, Acts 20. 22, 23, 24. and in the midst of all fore: and bitter oppressions, the Church comforteth her self with that, that she had not forsaken the Truth,

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