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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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2. It will be a sure light to guide you through all the intricacies of the way that you have to go in. David professeth this concerning the Word of God, which is the Truth I am now treating of, Psal. 119. 1•5. Thy Word is a Lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. If you will but follow the guidance of the Truth, and hearken to its direction, you shall never wander: you have abundance of the darkness of ignorance within you, and it is not in man of himself to direct his own steps; but this will show you the right-way, and direct you to the path you should go in: There are a great many of, stumbling blocks that lye in your way, which Satan and his instruments are laying there, that they make you to stumble and fall, but this shall help you over them all: There are a great many by paths and cross ways which lead into danger, and will certainly leave those that take them in a pathless wilderness, where they shall be in peril of being lost; but this shall deliver you from them, and point you out the right way, and teach you how to keep it: This shall be a voice behind you saying this is the way, walk in it, when you are ready to turn to the right, or to the left-hand. Hearken to its voice, and you shall never go astray, take its directions, and there is no ⟨p. 77⟩danger of your being bewildered and lost; follow its advice, and you shall not be drawn aside, Prov. 7. 4, 5. and chap. 2. 9. Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgements, and equity, and every right path.
2. It will be a sure light to guide you through all the intricacies of the way that you have to go in. David professeth this concerning the Word of God, which is the Truth I am now treating of, Psal. 119. 1•5. Thy Word is a Lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. If you will but follow the guidance of the Truth, and hearken to its direction, you shall never wander: you have abundance of the darkness of ignorance within you, and it is not in man of himself to direct his own steps; but this will shew you the right-way, and direct you to the path you should go in: There are a great many of, stumbling blocks that lye in your way, which Satan and his instruments are laying there, that they make you to stumble and fall, but this shall help you over them all: There are a great many by paths and cross ways which lead into danger, and will certainly leave those that take them in a pathless wilderness, where they shall be in peril of being lost; but this shall deliver you from them, and point you out the right way, and teach you how to keep it: This shall be a voice behind you saying this is the way, walk in it, when you are ready to turn to the right, or to the left-hand. Hearken to its voice, and you shall never go astray, take its directions, and there is no