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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Now the remedies against this Device of Satan are these that follow.
The first Remedy against this Device1 of Satan, is, to dwell more upon one another's graces, then upon one another's weaknesses and infirmities: 'tis sad to consider, that Saints should have2 many eyes to behold one another's infirmities, and not one eye to see each others graces; that they should use spectacles to behold one another's weaknesses, rather then looking glasses to behold one another's graces. Erasmus tells of one, who collected all the lame and defective Verses in Homers works, but passed over all that were excellent; ah! that this were not the practice of many that shall at last meet in Heaven, that they were not careful and skilful to collect all the weaknesses of others, and to pass over all those things that are excellent in them. The Corinthians did eye more the incestuous persons sin, ⟨p. 292⟩then his sorrow, which was like to have drowned him in sorrow.
THe first Remedy against this Device1 of Satan, is, to dwell more upon one anothers graces, then upon one anothers weaknesses and infirmities: 'tis sad to consider, that Saints should have2 many eyes to behold one anothers infirmities, and not one eye to see each others graces; that they should use spectacles to behold one anothers weaknesses, rather then looking glasses to behold one anothers graces. Erasmus tels of one, who collected all the lame and defective Verses in Homers works, but passed over all that were excellent; ah! that this were not the practice of many that shall at last meet in Heaven, that they were not carefull and skillfull to collect all the weaknesses of others, and to passe over all those things that are excellent in them. The Corinthians did eye more the incestuous persons sinne,