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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 fifth Remedy against this Device of1 Satan, is, to consider, that all the felicity of this world is mixed; our light is mixed with darkness, our joy with sorrow, our pleasures with pain, our honour with dishonour, our riches with wants. If our fight be spiritual, clear, and quick; we may see in the felicity of this world, our wine mixed with water, our honey with gall, our sugar with wormwood, and our roses with ⟨p. 135⟩prickles. Sorrow attends worldly joy,2 danger attends worldly safety, loss attends worldly labours, tears attend worldly purposes. As to these things, mens hopes are vain, their sorrow certain, and joy feigned. The Apostle calleth this world a sea of glass; a sea for the troubles of it, and glass for the brittleness and bitterness of it. The honours, profits, pleasures, and delights of this world are true gardens of Adonis, where we can gather nothing but trivial flowers, surrounded with many briers.
The fift Remedy against this Device of1 Satan, is, to consider, that all the felicity of this world is mixt; our light is mixt with darknesse, our joy with sorrow, our pleasures with paine, our honour with dishonour, our riches with wants. If our fight be spirituall, cleare, and quick; we may see in the felicity of this world, our wine mixt with water, our honey with gall, our sugar with wormewood, and our roses with ⟨p. 135⟩prickles. Sorrow attends worldy joy,2 danger attends worldly safety, losse attends worldly labours, teares attend worldly purposes. As to these things, mens hopes are vaine, their sorrow certaine, and joy fained. The Apostle calleth this world a sea of glasse; a sea for the troubles of it, and glasse for the brittlenesse and bitternesse of it. The honors, profits, pleasures, and delights of this world are true gardens of Adonis, where we can gather nothing but triviall flowers, surrounded with many bryers.