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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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3. It will be a good companion unto you; it will stand by and stick close to you, when all other of your friends and companions shall be removed far away from you; it will be a friend at all times, and cleave closer to you than a brother; when father and mother shall forsake you, then will it take you up: in the house of mourning, it will be a comforter: the Psalmist found it so to him, Psal. 119. 50: as you are travelling through this solitary and howling wilderness, it will keep fast by you; so that you shall never be left alone, or need to want good company; but shall have the benefit of this sweet counsellor to afford you direction and consolation; though you should be carried to Prisons, and thrown into dungeons, there it will hold conference with you, and give you its advice.
3. It will be a good companion unto you; it will stand by and stick close to you, when all other of your friends and companions shall be removed far away from you; it will be a friend at all times, and cleave closer to you than a brother; when father and mother shall forsake you, then will it take you up: in the house of mourning, it will be a comforter: the Psalmist found it so to him, Psal. 119. 50: as you are travelling through this sollitary and howling wilderness, it will keep fast by you; so that you shall never be left alone, or need to want good company; but shall have the benefit of this sweet counsellor to afford you direction and consolation; though you should be carried to Prisons, and thrown into dungeons, there it will hold conference with you, and give you its advice.
4. It will furnish you with sufficient supply in all your adversity. As it will be a portion which you can never be robbed of, so it will be a full and satisfying portion when you are ⟨p. 78⟩stripped of every other thing: It will (in the absence of them) be to you instead of father and mother, wife and children, houses and lands, gold and silver, food and raiment, health and strength; these may all of them be taken away from you, but. Truth never can: David prefers it to great spoil,