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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 second Remedy against this Device1 of Satan, is to dwell sometime every morning upon these following Scriptures, wherein God hath engaged himself to stand by his people, and for his people, and to make them victorious over the greatest, and wisest of their enemies.2 Associate your selves (saith the Lord by the Prophet) oh ye people, and 3and ye shall be broken in pieces, and give ear, all ye of far Countries: gird your selves & ye shall be broken in pieces gird your selves and ye shall be broken in pieces. Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought: speak the word, and it shall not stand, for God is with us. Fear not thou worm Jacob, 4and ye men of Israel, I will help thee saith the Lord, and thy Redeemer the holy one of Israel. Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth, ⟨p. 280⟩thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. 5Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirl-wind shall scatter them, and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in the holy one of Israel. No weapon that is formed against 6thee shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgement, thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me saith the Lord. Now also many 7Nations are gathered together against thee, that say, let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. But they know not 8the thoughts of the Lord, neither understand they his counsel; for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. Arise and thresh