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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10050	The marchant A sermon preached at Paules Crosse on Sunday the 24. of August, being the day before Bartholomew faire. 1607. By Daniell Price Master of Arts, of Exeter Colledge in Oxford.	Price, Daniel, 1581-1631.	1608 (1608)	STC 20296; ESTC S115212	21,895	42

whose hopes and desiers labours and indeauours doe only lead to the attaining of vise transitorie earthly momentarie false affected pleasures and delights Which as Meteors or Comets haue their local beeing for a time but after vanish and dissolue Take the counsel of Dauid seeke peace seek that which is good Psal 37. and dwel for euer more in the Land of of the liuing so shal you be sure to seeke good pearles And so I come to the words following and having found one pearle of great price c. the secunda secundae of my Text secunda secundae The anchor of our trust the author of our truth in the 7. of Mathew promiseth that if we aske seeke knocke we shal receiue finde it shal be giuen vnto vs. Who then would not aske seeke knocke aske with the mouth knocke with the hand and seeke with the hart The Merchant here hauing sought findeth seeking many findeth one seeking good pearles findeth one goodly Pearle vnionum vnionem margaritarum margaritam a pearle of great price In pretio pretium nunc est Aug. charitie Avend Some of the Fathers vnderstande this pearle to be Charitie and Loue which is indeede the Lapis Chimicus of al other vertues or as one speaketh the Godmother of al the rest as if the rest remained vnbaptized moral vertues for without this faith is idle hope a vaine presuming holynesse hipocrisie zeale fury and this of al others is the mother of sanctifie the daughter of grace the mistresse of truth the Glasse of religion the marriage Garment and the key of Paradise aboue al the rest of the vertues Maior his 1. Cor. 13. the bond of perfection Col. 3.14 the fulfilling of the Law 1. Tim. 1.5 The newe and olde commandement Containing all other vertues as the Philosopher witnesseth sicut causa vniversalis particulares vel exagonum tetragonum Others expound this vnans margaritam to be celestis vitae dulcedinem the sweetnes of the life euerlasting the glory of the blessed their euer lasting pleasure their Crowne of honor their laurel of felicity their inward and outward ioie their diuine Paradise their heauenly Ierusalē their fulnes of blisse the eternal comfort the peace of God which passeth al vnderstanding when the Lord wil gather his faithful togither and wil wipe away the teares from their eies and wil crowne them with glory cloath them vvith gladnes satisfie them with exceeding sweetnes and make them partakers of eternall happinesse when they shal see the Courts of the Lord of hosts hauing Palmes in their hands Diadēs on their heads Haleluiah in their harts Hauing riches without measure life without labour light without darknes health without sickresse ioy without ending eternal solace without any intercessing Or as Hierome vnderstandeth this pearle of greate price to be Sacramentū Passionis Resurrectionis C. the Sacrament of the Lords Supper Hier. Soer wherein euerie Christian doth acknowledge how great blessings we receiue by the death and resurrectiō of Christ in that he that was libertie was tied to make vs free hee that was iustice was cōdemned to acquite vs he that was life was executed to saue vs he that was the beauty the glory the wisedome the power of his father was defiled derided obscured despised to preserue vs from eternal demnation Or some others interpret it to be C. Iesus as St Austen Aug. C. Ies who expounds Margaritam here to be C. Iesus our blessed sauiour the only begotten sonne of God the brightnesse of glorie the expresse character of his father the first begotten of al creatures the daie sprūg from an high the seed of Abraham the sonne of Dauid the light of the Gentiles the glorie of his people Israell who is become our wisdome righteousnesse and sanctification Caietan and redemption Sapientia in intellectu iustitia in voluntate Sanctificatio in opere redemptio in statu wisdome in our vnderstāding righteousnesse in our wil sanctification in our worke and redemption to our whole mā Anchora spei Nauis fidei terrae sal caeli Sol animae salus the Anchor of our hope the ship of our faith the salt of our earth the sunne of our heauen the saluation of our souls C. Iesus who was manifested in the flesh iustified in the spirit seene of Angels preached vnto the Gentiles beleeued on in the world and receiued to glory The doctrine Jobserue is this that the true faithfull man neuer resteth vntil hee haue founde the true heauenly soule saueing wisdome Reason The reason of this Doct. is drawne à fine from the end of his acquisition for this wisdome is the period the point the complement and perfection and consummation of his desiers this is that bdellium and Onix stone found in the riuer of Paradise Gen. 1.12 here is true wisdome foūd Prov. 1.13 here is the beloued found Cant. 5.8 here the virgins haue found the sweetnesse of his ointment Cant. 1.2 here the spouse hath found him whom her soule loueth Cant. 3.1 here Peter Andrewe haue found the Maister Ioh. 1.4 Here is true wisdome here is the place of vnderstanding man knoweth not the price therof for it is not found in the land of the liueing the Depth saith it is not in me the sea also saith it is not in mee Gold shal not bee giuen for it nor the wedge of the gold of Ophir shal be waid with it Nor the pretious Onix stone nor the Saphir not the Christall nor the Corall nor the Gabish nor the Topas of Aethiopia Iob. 28.18.19 For it is vnionū vnio Margaritarum Margarita a pearle of pearles a Margarite of Margarites a pearle of great price Vse The vse of this doctrine is to moue vs al not to bee sl●we and negligent in labouring for so deere so rare so pretious a pearle seeing we knowe whosoeuer seeketh shal finde it If this pearle were riches then the couetous man would seeke for it if honour then the ambitious would follow it if glorie then the proud man would affect it if pleasure then the voluptuous would haue canuased for it and yet beloued you see it is spiritual riches spiritual glorie spiritual honour spiritual pleasure O let not this pearle bee cast before swine seeing it is certaine securitie secure tranquility safe iucunditie happy eternity and eternal felicitie O then be yee wise now o yee marchāts of the world seek it esteeme it respect it loue it finde it buy it yea rather then misse of it sell al you haue to buy it as it followeth He sould al that he had and bought it The Israelits when they did offer to the Temple Tertia secundae al did offer but they did not offer all Exod 35.22 The young man in the gospell was ready to followe Christ but loath to forsake al Luk. 18.22 Anamas and Saphira were willing to bring a part to the Apostles but they were loath to bring al Ast. 5.3 So that