A77614:276
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, solemnly to consider, that God in the Scriptures doth define2 faith otherwise; God defines faith to be a ••ceiving of Christ; As many as received ⟨p. 209⟩him, to them he gave this privilege to be 3the sons of God, to as many as believed on his name; to be a cleaving of the soul unto God, though no joy but afflictions attend the soul. Yea, the Lord defines faith to be a coming to God in Christ,4 and often to a resting, and staying, or rolling of the soul upon Christ. 'Tis safest, and sweetest to define as God defines, both vices and graces; this is the only way to settle the soul, and to secure it against all the wiles of men and devils, who labour by false definitions of grace to keep precious souls in a doubting, staggering, and languishing condition, and so make their lives a burden, a hell unto them.
The second Remedie against this Device1 of Satan, is, solemnly to consider, that God in the Scriptures doth define2 faith otherwise; God defines faith to be a ••ceiving of Christ; As many as received ⟨p. 209⟩him, to them he gave this priviledge to be 3the sons of God, to as many as beleeved on his name; to be a cleaving of the soule unto God, though no joy but afflictions attend the soule. Yea, the Lord defines faith to be a coming to God in Christ,4