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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 word al marreth al it is a hard harsh difficult odious tedious word to sel al. The Philosophers in scorn of being entangled with the worlds pleasures did contemne al Socrates went farther then any and did vtterly despise al Crates went farther then he and did cast awaie al. In the Gospel Zacheus did restore al Luk. 19.8 The disciples did forsake al Math. 19.27 S. Paul did vily valew al. Phil. 3.8 and here the Merchant selleth al al this casting away dispising restoring forsaking vily valuing al and selling al is but a giuing of al indeed a gaining of al for by this Socrates despising al became Crates to cast away al Crates by casting away al did become Polycrates to finde al Polycrat Nat Histor for whosoeuer shal forsake houses or brethren or sisters or father or mother or children or wife or lands for Christs sake shal receiue an hundred fold more and shal inherit euerlasting life Tertull. in Apolog. We read that Democritus put out his eies for seare by sight to bee tempted to incontinencie of Thracius that hee cut downe his vines for feare of being drunke with wine of them Gell. Noc● Art 1.19 Lactant. Orig. Eu● hist l. 6.8 That Zeno put of his life as a garment to put on immortalitie That Origen made himselfe an Eunuch for the kingdome of heauen That the Iewes did offer their Jewels Exod. 35.22 Abraham was ready to offer his Isaac Gen. 22.19 That Matthew did leaue his custome Math. 9.9 Peter Andrew did leaue their nets Matt. 4.26 These did these things for g●ine but al these did not gaine al because they al did not giue al. Ouer Merchāt doth despise al contemne al forsake al cast away al offer al leaue al s●l al to but this one only pearle Doctrine The Doctrine I here doe obserue is this that the Christian Merchant is willing to forsake all his pleasures al his delights al his follie al his vanity al his sin and iniquitie to obtaine Christ the reason of this doctrine is drawne ab vtili for a greater Commoditie Ab vtili who would not change now looke how much difference there is betwixt heauen and earth so much is the gaine in the exchange Another reason may be drawne à necessario that necessarily he that wil obtaine Christ must forsake al A necess●rio for Christ wil not part stakes he wil not take the moitie of the hart he cannot abide Isaac Ismaell in one house the Arke and Dagon in one Church holy prophane fier in one Censor Christ and Antichrist in one Temple For the Apostles ground is that there is no fellowship betweene righteousnes vnrighteousnes no communion of light with darknes no agreement betweene the Temple of God and Idols no Concord betweene Christ Belial 2. Cor. 6.14 Now the Pearle that he buyeth is Christ he selleth all and buyeth this The word bought here as Mr. Calu. obserueth doth not signifie anie Compensation that man should yeeld to God for attaining eternal life ●●lu for C. proclamation as it were in the beginning of a faire is Ho euery on that thirsteth come to the waters of life and yee that haue no siluer come buy and eate buy I saie wine milke without siluer without monie Esay 55.1 S. Ambrose vpon the 6. of Luke obserueth this ●●nbr ●●k 6. Christus vult se vilem aestimari vt ab omnibus ematur ne quis pauper deterreatur And surely beloued wel is it that C. is not to bee bought of vs. For such is the vnthriftenesse of Christianity that if we haue any good any goodnesse any spirituall treasure anie precious pearle any portion of land in the land of the liuing we are ready to sel it either to the diuel the world or the stesh those common purchasers And I am sure it Christ were to be bought and sold we should rather sel him then buy him When God came into the world to saue man mā went about to destroy God when God came to buy man with the deerest drops of his blood man went about to sel God for 30. peeces of siluer he that came into the world to sanctifie it with his iustice to enrich it with his grace to instruct it with his doctrine to redeeme it with his blood to confirme it with his example he is sold for 30. peeces of siluer more vily valued then the basest beasts that they sold in their market I feare me that there be now as cunning buyers sellers as skilful Merchants as euer there were euen such as would sel Heaven Angels Saints Seraphins nay God him selfe Who liueth amongst vs and knoweth not our marchant Diuines who being Ephraimiticall Temporizers wil sel the libertie of a good conscience for fauor prefermēt who knoweth not our Marchant Lawyers who not only sel their labours but the lawes and Justice it selfe Who knoweth not our Marchant Phisitions who sel ignorance vnskillfulnes great words vnsufficient druggs Who knoweth not our Marchant vserer who against so many places of scripture the iudgment of al the ancient fathers the Canon and Ciuil lawes the constitutions of al good Commō welths the reasons of heathen Philosophers the counsell of the schoolmen and the opinion of al our Diuines except they bee vserers knoweth that vserie is condemned as vncharitable and Antichristian and yet this biter sets his soule at sale receiues quarter rent for his saluation Who knoweth not our marchāt monopolists who by grosse ingrossing by art cūning doe arise the price of commodities which by ordinary course would be much cheaper so against the laws custōs of al Cōmō wealths they are the pilling polling Caterpillers of the Common wealth For if euer of anie it were true it is of them vivitur ex rapto Here might I put vp a Siquis for cruel Ahabs churlish Nabals De populating Landlords incloasing Cormorants Simoniacall Patrons and Church-robbing Nebuchadnezers O those monsters of men contemners of God impious sacrilegious Church-robbers irreligious Iulianists which do rifle and spoile Churches of the ornaments and other riches lands reuenews which were giuen vnto God to maintaine his house houshold That whereas Churches in Chrysostomes time were Regijs aulis clariora now Canescunt turpi templa relicta situ That wheras sometimes the Iews brought more to the founding of the Tabernacle then Moyses would now Christians take from the Temple more thē euer Iewes Gentiles Heathens Pagans or Infidells would That wheras somtimes they were houses of praier nowe they are become dens of theeues that wheras somtimes the price of a dogg or the hire of a whore might not bee brought into the Temple now the price of the Temple is brought to maintaine doggs and whores c. And Temples made stables Shipcoates store houses for wool hogsties Barnes maulthouses Alehouses nay worse then al this if this be not the abomination of desolation what