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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 those precious souls which Jesus Christ2 hath done, and suffered as much for, as he hath for you, have been exceeding active and lively in all religious services, and heavenly performances; he did as much, and suffered as much for David, 3a• for you, and yet, who more in praying, and praising God then David? seven ⟨p. 165⟩times a day will I praise the Lord; who more in the studying, and meditating on the word, then David. Thy law is my meditation day and night. The same truth you may run, and read in Jacob, Moses. Job, Daniel, and in the rest of the holy Prophets, and Apostles, for whom Christ hath done as much for, as for you; ah! how have all those Worthies abounded in works of righteousness, and holiness, to the praise of free grace? Certainly Satan hath got the upper hand of those souls, that do argue thus;4 Christ hath done such and such glorious things for us: therefore we need not make any care or conscience of d• ing such and such religious services, as men say the word calls for; if this Logic be not from Hell, what is? ah! were the holy Prophets and Apostles alive, to hear such Logic come out of the mouths of such as profess themselves to be interested in the great and glorious things that Jesus Christ hath done for his chosen ones; how would they blush to look upon such souls? and how would their hearts grieve, and break within them, to hear the language, and to observe the actings of such souls.
The third Remedie against this device1 of Satan, is, solemnly to consider, that those precious souls which Jesus Christ2 hath done, and suffered as much for, as he hath for you, have been exceeding active and lively in all religious services, and heavenly performances; he did as much, and suffered as much for David,