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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 sixth Remedy against this Device1 of Satan, is, to make more care and conscience of keeping up your peace2 with God; ah Christians! I am afraid, that your remissness herein is that which hath occasioned much of that sourness, bitterness, and divisions that be among you; ah! you have not as you should kept up your peace with God; and therefore 'tis that you do so dreadfully break the peace among your selves. The Lord hath promised, That 3when a mans ways please him, he will make his enemies to be at peace with him; ah!4 how much more then would God make the children of peace to keep the Peace among themselves, if their ways did but please him? All creatures are at his beck and check. Laban followed Jacob with one Troop, Esau met him with another, both with hostile intentions; but Jacobs ways pleasing the Lord, God by his mighty power so works, ⟨p. 299⟩that Laban leaves him with a kiss, and Esau meets him with a kiss; he hath an oath of one, tears of the other, and peace with both; if we make it our business to keep up our league with God, God will make it his work, and his glory to maintain our peace with men; but if men make light of keeping up their peace with God, 'tis just with God to leave them to a spirit of pride, envy, passion, contention, division, and confusion, to leave them to bite and devour one another, till they be consumed one of another, &c.
The sixth Remedie against this Device1 of Satan, is, to make more care and conscience of keeping up your peace2 with God; ah Christians! I am afraid, that your remisness herein is that which hath occasioned much of that sowrenesse, bitternesse, and divisions that be among you; ah! you have not as you should kep't up your peace with God; and therefore 'tis that you do so dreadfully breake the peace among your selves. The Lord hath promised, That