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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, to be peremptory in religious services, notwithstanding all those wandering thoughts the soul2 is troubled with. This will be a sweet help against them for the soul to be resolute in waiting on God, whether it be troubled with vain thoughts, or not; to say, well, I will pray still, and hear still, and meditate still, and keep fellowship with the Saints still; many precious souls can say from experience, that when their souls have been peremptory in their waiting on God, that Satan hath left them, and hath not been so busy in vexing their souls with vain thoughts; when Satan perceives that all3 those trifling vain thoughts that he casts into the soul, do but vex the soul into greater diligence, carefulness, watchfulness, and peremptoriness in holy and heavenly services, and that the soul ⟨p. 185⟩looses nothing of his zeal, piety, and devotion, but doubles his care, diligence, and earnestness; he often ceases to interpose his trifles, & vain thoughts as he ceased to tempt Christ, when Christ was peremptory in resisting his temptations.
The second Remedie against this Device1 of Satan, is, to be peremptory in religious services, notwithstanding all those wandering thoughts the soule2 is troubled with. This will be a sweet help against them for the soul to be resolute in waiting on God, whether it be troubled with vain thoughts, or not; to say, wel, I will pray still, and heare still, and meditate still, and keep fellowship with the Saints still; many precious soules can say from experience, that when their soules have been peremptory in their waiting on God, that Satan hath left them, and hath not been so busie in vexing their soules with vaine thoughts; when Satan perceives that all3 those trifling vain thoughts that he casts into the soule, do but vex the soule into greater diligence, carefulnesse, watchfulnesse, and peremptorinesse in holy and heavenly services, and that the soul