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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

THE MARCHANT A SERMON PREACHED AT PAVLES 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 At Oxford Printed by Ioseph Barnes 1608. TO THE HONORABLE Companie of Merchants of the Citie of London HOnourable worshipfull beloved at the last I am come to the execution of my first intention to the dedication of this Crosse labour It was long since prepared for you and now at the length presented vnto you the Lord giue all of you a spirituall blessing by it Some honourable and many favourable gales of winde haue at length brought home this Marchant vnto you though in my labour in conducting therof I haue ventured my credit to the wide sea of common opinion I confesse it is not the Merchant Royall comming to Salomon laden with gold and silver ivory and apes and Peacocks But yet is such a Merchant as Salomon in all his riches was not so great as he It is a holie and heavenly Merchant carefull in search happy in successe whom neither the tediousnesse of the way nor difficultie of the straites could hinder but that he passeth through the worlds Ocean with speede and gaine and glorie Christ being his Pilot faith his sterne hope his ancor Conscience his carde good works his lading happinesse his landing and his haven heaven At that great Marte whereas I was commaunded this businesse I fitted the time with this Text I hope this Text fitted some of you at that time and my praier vnto God shall be that you may be fitted by this vnto the attaining of your eternall salvation and so I commend these labours vnto you and your selues and them vnto God From Exeter Colledge this 20. of Aprill 1608. Yours in the Lord Iesus DANIEL PRICE Matth. 13.45.46 The kingdome of heaven is like to a Merchant man that seeketh good Pearles who having found a Pearle of great price went sould all that he had and bought it RIght Honourable Right Worshipful the rest right welbeloued in the Lorde yee are all heere present before God to heare al things that are this day commanded by God the Lord blesse you al and encrease the number of Christian faithfull diligent obedient hearers Jt is not long since that being commanded to this place in a more privat audience Hol. 1.2.3 I proposed vnto you a Text that contained the summe of the Law and Gospel nature and grace sinne and righteousnesse life and death Iudgement mercie affliction and conversion adversity causing man to returne to God and repentance causing God to turne vnto man which subiect I had now followed but that this time and meeting and the expectatiō of so great an assembly doe challenge this daie some other discourse And therefore I haue as you heare provided a text of trafique and trading of buying and selling of merchandise and marting of gayning and bargaining an example of a good merchant of good merchandise of good policie of good pietie of a roial exchange nay more of a holy heavēlie exchange The kingdome of heaven is like to a marchant man c. Our Saviour in this Chapter by seauē parables setteth forth the state of the kingdome of heauen by the seed ver 3. of the tares vers 24. of the mustard seede vers 31. of the leaven vers 33. of the treasure vers 44. of a net vers 47. and here of a merchant in this 45. herein shewing the Ministers of the Gospell their liberty left to them in performance of their calling not only nakedly to lay open the trueth but also to vse helps of wit invention and art the good gifts of God which may be vsed in Similitudes Allusions Applications Comparisons Proverbs and Parables which tend to edification and illustrating of the word that so the weake may be comforted the rude may be enformed the drowsie may be awakened the hard-hared may be suppled the perverse overwhelmed and so by al meanes God himselfe may be glorified the Hearers bettered S. Paule the Doctor of the Gentiles professeth of himselfe that he became all vnto all men that he might by all meares 1. Cor. 9.2 win some of all More truly may it bee spoken of Christ who was the Schoolemaster of this master of the Gentiles he became all vnto al men not only as he was sent Diues diuitibus pauper pauperibus flens flētibus esuriens esurientibus sitiens sitientibus Rich vnto those that are rich poore vnto those that are poore weeping to those that are weeping hungry to those that are hungry thirsty to those that are thirsty Ambroseir 4. Luc. as S. Ambrose speaketh medicus ad aegrotos redemptor ad vendites ad errantes via ad mortuos vita a Phisitian to those that are sicke a rāsomer to those that were sould the way to those that did wāder the life to those that were dead as S. Bernard but because he is truly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cor. 15. even al in all as S. Paule speaketh a 1. Cor. 15.28 and even al to al in that he seeketh to draw al mē by the very similituds drawne from their trades of life So hee called the wise Astronomers of the East by a star b Math. 2 10 He drew the Fishermen vnto him by a draught of fish c Luk. 5.6 the Samaritane that came to draw water at Iacobs wel hee drew by drawing for her the waters of life d Ioh. 4.14 To Marie in the garden he appeared like the gardner e Ioh 20.15 To the travellers his disciples he appeared like a traveller f Luk 24 16 So also frequently in the Gospel he teacheth many by manie exemplarie similitudes the rich man by the rich mans care greedie gathering the Vine dresser by the vine dressers digging and hedging and dressing The Labourer by the Labourers hire and working the builder by the builders laying good foundation the husbandman by the husbandmans sowing the fisherman by the fishermās casting nets and drawing and here the merchant mā by the merchants buying and selling Quibus exemplis Doctores Evangelij monentur by which examples the teachers of the Gospel are admonished as Musculus obserueth to become al vnto al not only as S. Paule Mus in 4. Matth. qui omnium ingenijs se acomodovit who did apply him selfe to the capacities of all hearers whatsoeuer or howsoeuer different as Piseator observeth but euen as my Text master verbū vitea vita verbi the word of life Piscator and the life of the word who spake as neuer mā spake by framing themselues to al mens knowledge and nature as he did by allegories stories parables what not Which may for euer serue to stoppe the mouthes of those traducing and ignorant Scepticks who vilifie the ingenious endeavours of the best deseruing laboures in Gods vinyard whē they be fitted for the daie times place persons