Precious Remedies against Satan's Devices

Name: Precious Remedies against Satan's Devices
Author: Thomas Brooks

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.

Thomas Brooks 1608–1680London: printed by M. Simmons for John Hancock, 1653

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The third Device that Satan¹ hath to keep the soul in a sad, doubting, and questioning condition, is,

The third Device that Satan¹ hath to keepe the soul in a sad, doubting, and questioning condition, is,

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:281p. 211–212

BY working the soul to make false¹ inferences from the cross actings of providence; saith Satan, dost thou not see how Providence crosses thy prayers, ⟨p. 212⟩and crosses thy desires, thy tears, thy hopes, thy endeavours; surely, if his love were toward thee, if his soul did delight and take pleasure in thee, he would not deal thus with thee, &c.

BY working the soule to make false¹ inferences from the crosse actings of providence; saith Satan, dost thou not see how Providence crosses thy prayers, ⟨p. 212⟩and crosses thy desires, thy teares, thy hopes, thy endeavours; surely, if his love were toward thee, if his soule did delight and take pleasure in thee, he would not deale thus with thee, &c.

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Precious Remedies against Satan's Devices

The third Device that Satan¹ hath to keep the soul in a sad, doubting, and questioning condition, is,

The third Device that Satan¹ hath to keepe the soul in a sad, doubting, and questioning condition, is,

Now the remedies against this Device of Satan are these that follow.

The fourth Device that Satan¹ hath to keep the soul in a sad, doubting, & questioning condition, is,

The fourth Device that Satan¹ hath to keep the soule in a sad, doubting, & questioning condition, is,

Now the Remedies against this device of Satan are these that follow.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

The third Device that Satan1 hath to keep the soul in a sad, doubting, and questioning condition, is,

The third Device that Satan1 hath to keepe the soul in a sad, doubting, and questioning condition, is,

Now the remedies against this Device of Satan are these that follow.

The fourth Device that Satan1 hath to keep the soul in a sad, doubting, & questioning condition, is,

The fourth Device that Satan1 hath to keep the soule in a sad, doubting, & questioning condition, is,

Now the Remedies against this device of Satan are these that follow.

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The third Device that Satan¹ hath to keep the soul in a sad, doubting, and questioning condition, is,

The third Device that Satan¹ hath to keepe the soul in a sad, doubting, and questioning condition, is,

The fourth Device that Satan¹ hath to keep the soul in a sad, doubting, & questioning condition, is,

The fourth Device that Satan¹ hath to keep the soule in a sad, doubting, & questioning condition, is,