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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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God can look sourly, and chide bitterly, and strike heavily, even where, and when he loves dearly. The hand of God was very much against Job, and yet ⟨p. 214⟩his love, his heart was very much set upon Job, as you may see by comparing the 2. first chap. of Job with the two last. The hand of God was sore against David, and Jonah, when his heart was much set upon them. He that shall conclude, that the heart of God is against those that his hand is against, will condemn the generation of the just, whom God unjustly would not have condemned.
God can look sowrly, and chide bitterly, and strike heavily, even where, and when he loves dearly. The hand of God was very much against Job, and yet ⟨p. 214⟩his love, his heart was very much set upon Job, as you may see by comparing the 2. first chap. of Iob with the two last. The hand of God was sore against David, and Jonah, when his heart was much set upon them. He that shall conclude, that the heart of God is against those that his hand is against, will condemne the generation of the just, whom God unjustly would not have condemned.
The third Remedy against this device1 of Satan, is, to consider, that all the cross providences that befall the Saints, are but in order to some noble good, that God doth intend to confer upon them. Providence wrote cross to Davids desire, in taking away the child sinfully begotten, but yet not cross to a more noble good; for was it not far better for David to have such a legitimate Heir as Solomon was, then that a Bastard should wear the Crown, and sway the Sceptre?
The third Remedie against this device1 of Satan, is, to consider, that all the crosse providences that befall the Saints, are but in order to some noble good, that God doth intend to conferre upon them. Providence wrote crosse to Davids desire, in taking away the child sinfully begotten, but yet not crosse to a more noble good; for was it not farre better for David to have such a legitimate Heire as Solomon was, then that a Bastard should weare the Crown, and sway the Scepter?