Precious Remedies against Satan's Devices

Name: Precious Remedies against Satan's Devices
Author: Thomas Brooks

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.

Thomas Brooks 1608–1680London: printed by M. Simmons for John Hancock, 1653

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Ah! you froward, sower, dogged Christians, can you look upon these commands of God without tears, and blushing? I have read a remarkable story of Aristippus, though but a Heathen,¹ who went of his own accord to Aeschines his enemy, and said, shall we never be reconciled, till we become a Table-talk to all the Country? And when Aeschines answered, he would most gladly be at peace with him; Remember then said Aristippus, that though I were the elder and better man, yet I sought first unto thee. Thou art indeed said Aeschines, a far better man then I; for I began the quarrel, but thou the reconcilement. My prayer shall be, that this Heathen may not rise in judgment against the flourishing Professors of our times; Who whet their tongues like ²a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words.

Ah! you froward, sower, dogged Christians, can you looke upon these commands of God without teares, and blushing? I have read a remarkable story of Aristippus, though but a Heathen,¹ who went of his owne accord to Aeschines his enemy, and said, shall we never be reconciled, till wee become a Table-talk to all the Countrey? And when Eschines answered, he would most gladly be at peace with him; Remember then said Aristippus, that though I were the elder and better man, yet I sought first unto thee. Thou art indeed said Aeschines, a far better man then I; for I began the quarrell, but thou the reconcilement. My prayer shall be, that this Heathen may not rise in judgment against the flourishing Professours of our times; Who whet their tongues like ²a sword, and bend their bowes to shoot their arrowes, even bitter words.

1Plutarch.
2Psal. 64. 3.

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Precious Remedies against Satan's Devices

Lastly, as Satan hath his Devices¹ to destroy gracious souls, so he hath his devices to destroy poor ignorant souls, and that sometimes

Lastly, as Satan hath his Devices¹ to destroy gracious soules, so he hath his devices to destroy poore ignorant soules, and that sometimes

Now the Remedies against this device of Satan are these that follow.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

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Evangelicals36

Lastly, as Satan hath his Devices1 to destroy gracious souls, so he hath his devices to destroy poor ignorant souls, and that sometimes

Lastly, as Satan hath his Devices1 to destroy gracious soules, so he hath his devices to destroy poore ignorant soules, and that sometimes

Now the Remedies against this device of Satan are these that follow.

The author

Transcription key

Lastly, as Satan hath his Devices¹ to destroy gracious souls, so he hath his devices to destroy poor ignorant souls, and that sometimes

Lastly, as Satan hath his Devices¹ to destroy gracious soules, so he hath his devices to destroy poore ignorant soules, and that sometimes