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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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Now the Remedies against this device of Satan are these that follow.
The first Remedy against this device1 of Satan, is, solemnly to consider, that there are many Scriptures that do clearly evidence a possibility of the St. falling into the same sins, whereof they have formerly repented. cI will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, for mine anger is turned away from them, saith the Lord by the Prophet Hosea, so the Prophet Jeremiah speaks, dGo and proclaim these words towards the North▪ and say, return thou back-sliding Israel▪ saith the Lord, and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful▪ saith the 4Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever. Turn, oh backsliding Israel, saith the Lord, for I am married unto you: And I will take you one of a City, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: So the Psalmist, They turned back and dealt unfaithfully like their Fathers, they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. And no wonder, for tho their repentance be never so sincere and sound, yet their graces are but weak, ⟨p. 247⟩and their mortification imperfect in5 this life; though by grace they are freed from the dominion of sin, and from the damnatory power of every sin, and from the love of all sin, yet grace doth not free them from the seed of any one sin; and therefore 'tis possible for a soul to fall again and again into the same sin; if the fire be not wholly put out, who would think it impossible that it should catch and burn again and again?