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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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Now the remedies against this Device of Satan are these that follow.
The first Remedy against this device1 of Satan, is, solemnly to consider of those Scriptures that make directly against following the sinful examples of men; as that in Exodus, Thou shalt not 2follow a multitude to do evil, neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgement. The multitude generally are ignorant, and know not the way of the Lord: therefore they speak evil of that they know not, they are envious, and maliciously bent against the service and way of God, and therefore they cannot speak well of the ways of God. This way is every where spoken against, said they: so in that Numb. 16. Separate from them, and come out from among them. So the Apostle; Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. So Solomon, Enter not into the way 3of the wicked, for sake the foolish, and live. They that walk with the most, shall p• rish with the most. They that do as the most, shall ere long suffer with the most; ⟨p. 180⟩they that live as the most, must dye with the most, and to hell with the most.
THe first Remedie against this device1