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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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The third Remedy against this Device1 of Satan, is seriously to consider, that the most renowned, and now crowned Saints, have in the days of their being on earth, relapsed into one and the2 same sin. Lot was twice overcome with wine; John twice worshipped the Angel; Abraham did often dissemble, and Jay his wife open to adultery, to save his own life, which some Heathens would not have done. And it came to 3pass, when God caused me to wander from my Fathers house, that I said unto her, this is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me, at every place whether we shall come, say of me, he is my brother. David in his4 wrath was resolved, if ever man was, that he would be the death of Nabal, and all his innocent Family, and after this he fell into the foul murder of Uriah. Though Christ told his Disciples that his Kingdom was not of this world, yet again, and again, and again, three ⟨p. 249⟩several times, they would needs be on horse-back, they would fain be high, great, and glorious in this world; their pride and ambitious humour put them (that were but as so many beggars) upon striving for preeminence, and greatness in the world, when their Lord and Master told them 3 several times of his sufferings in the world, and of his going out of the world. Jehoshaphat, 5though a godly man, yet joins affinity with wicked Ahab, and though he was saved by a miracle, yet soon after he falls into the same sin, and joins himself with 6Ahaziah, King of Israel, who did very wickedly. Sampson i• by the Spirit of the Lord numbered among the faithful worthies,7 and yet he fell often into one gross sin, as is evident in the book of Judges;