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Precious Remedies against Satan's Devices
Precious remedies against Satan's devices or, salve for believers and unbelievers sores. Being a companion for those that are in Christ, or out of Christ; that are high, or low, learned, or illiterate, staggering, or wandering; that slight, or neglect ordinances, under a pretence of living above them; that are growing (in spirituals) or decaying; that are tempted, or deserted, afflicted, or opposed; that have assurance, or that want assurance; that are self-seekers, or the common-wealths caterpillars; that are in love sweetly united, or that yet have their spirits too much embittered, &c. By Thomas Brooks, a willing servant unto God, and the faith of his people, in the glorious gospel of Christ, at Margarets fish-street hill.Precious remedies against Satans devices or, salve for believers and unbelievers sores. Being a companion for those that are in Christ, or out of Christ; that are high, or low, learned, or illiterate, staggering, or wandering; that slight, or neglect ordinances, under a pretence of living above them; that are growing (in spiritualls) or decaying; that are tempted, or deserted, afflicted, or opposed; that have assurance, or that want assurance; that are self-seekers, or the common-wealths caterpillars; that are in love sweetly united, or that yet have their spirits too much imbittered, &c. By Thomas Brookes, a willing servant unto God, and the faith of his people, in the glorious gospel of Christ, at Margarets fish-street hill.
London: printed by M. Simmons for John Hancock, 1653
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The second Remedy against this Device1 of Satan, is, seriously to consider, That there is nothing in the world that doth so provoke God to be wrath, and angry, as mens taking encouragement from Gods goodness, and mercy, to do wickedly; this you may see by that wrath that fell upon the old world, and by Gods raining hell out of Heaven upon2 Sodom and Gomorrah. This is clear in that 44 of Jeremiah, from the 20 verse, to the 28 verse, the words are worthy of your best meditation; oh that they were engraven in all your hearts, and constant in all your thoughts! though they are too large for me to transcribe them, yet they are not too large for you to remember ⟨p. 77⟩them: To argue from mercy to sinful liberty, is the Devils Logic, and such Logicians do ever walk, as upon a mine of Gun-powder, ready to be blown up; no such souls can ever avert, or avoid the wrath of God. This is wickedness at the height, for a man to be very bad, because God is very good, a worse spirit then this is not in hell; ah Lord! doth not wrath, yea the greatest wrath, lie at this mans door? Are not the strongest chains of darkness prepared for such a soul? To sin against mercy, is to sin against humanity, it is bestial, nay it is worse. To render good for evil, is Divine, to render good for good, is humane, to render evil for evil, is brutish; but to render evil for good, is devilish; and from this evil deliver my soul oh God.
The second Remedy against this Device1 of Satan, is, seriously to consider, That there is nothing in the world that doth so provoke God to be wrath, and angry, as mens taking incouragement from Gods goodnesse, and mercy, to do wickedly; this you may see by that wrath that fell upon the old world, and by Gods raining hell out of Heaven upon2 Sodome and Gomorah. This is clear in that 44 of Jeremiah, from the 20 verse, to the 28 verse, the words are worthy of your best meditation; oh that they were engraven in all your hearts, and constant in all your thoughts! though they are too large for me to transcribe them, yet they are not too large for you to remember