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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 third Remedy against this device1 of Satan, is, solemnly to consider, that all the troubles, and dangers that do attend the performance of holy duties, and heavenly services, are but temporal, and momentary; but the neglect of them may lay thee open, to all temporal, spiritual, and eternal dangers. How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation? He saith not, if we reject, or renounce so great salvation; but if we neglect, or shift off (as the word is) so 2great salvation; he doth not say, how shall we escape, if we oppose, or persecute so great salvation? no, but if we let slip, or neglect so great salvation, how shall we escape? that is, we cannot by any way, or means, or device in the world, escape; divine Justice will be above us, in spite of our very souls. The doing of such, and such heavenly services may lay you open to the frowns of men; but the neglect of them will lay you open to the frowns of God; the doing of them may render ⟨p. 148⟩you contemptible in the eyes of men;3 but the neglect of them may render you contemptible in the eyes of God; the doing of them may be the loss of thy estate; but the neglect of them may be the loss of God, Christ, Heaven, and thy soul for ever; the doing of them may shut thee out from some outward, temporal contents; the neglect of them may shut thee out from that excellent, matchless glory, that eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive. Remember this, there is no man that breaths, but shall suffer more, by neglecting those holy, and heavenly services that God commands, commends, and rewards, then possibly he can suffer by doing of them, &c.
The third Remedie against this device1 of Satan, is, solemnly to consider, that all the troubles, and dangers that doe attend the performance of holy duties, and heavenly services, are but temporall, and momentary; but the neglect of them may lay thee open, to all temporall, spirituall, and eternall dangers. How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation? He saith not, if we reject, or renounce so great salvation; but if wee neglect, or shift off (as the word is) so