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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:315p. 230

BY suggesting to them, that that conflict¹ that is in them, is not a conflict that is only in Saints; but such a conflict that is to be found in hypocrites, and profane souls; when the truth is, there is as much difference betwixt the conflict that is in them, and that which is in wicked men, as there is betwixt light and darkness, betwixt Heaven and H•ll. And the truth of this I shall evidence to you in the following particulars.

BY suggesting to them, that that condict¹ that is in them, is not a conflict that is onely in Saints; but such a conflict that is to be found in hypocrites, and prophane soules; when the truth is, there is as much difference betwixt the conflict that is in them, and that which is in wicked men, as there is betwixt light and darknesse, betwixt Heaven and H•ll. And the truth of this I shall evidence to you in the following particulars.

1John 8. 44. The Devil is a liar, and •he Father of it. The Devils breasts saith Luther, •re very fruitful with lies.Iohn 8. 44. The Devill is a lyar, and •he Father of it. The Devils breasts saith Luther, •re very fruitfull with lies.

:316p. 230–231¶1

1. The whole frame of a Believers ⟨p. 231⟩

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Precious Remedies against Satan's Devices

The Sixth Device that Satan hath to keep a poor soul in a sad, doubting, and questioning condition, is,

The Sixth Device that Satan hath to keep a poor soule in a sad, doubting, and 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 Sixth Device that Satan hath to keep a poor soul in a sad, doubting, and questioning condition, is,

The Sixth Device that Satan hath to keep a poor soule in a sad, doubting, and questioning condition, is,

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

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