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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The fourth thing to be showed, is, the several ways and devices t… › Now the remedies against this Device of Satan are these that follow.The fourth thing to be shewed, is, the severall wayes and devices t… › Now the remedies against this Device of Satan are these that follow.

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Ah Christians! God looses much, and you loose much, and Satan gains much by this, that you do not, that you will not walk lovingly together, so far as your ways lye together; 'Tis your sin and shame that you do not, that you will not pray together, and hear together, and confer together, and mourn together, &c. because that¹ in some far lesser things you are not agreed together; what folly and madness is it in those, whose way of a hundred miles lies fourscore and nineteen together, yet will not walk so far together, because that they cannot go the other mile together; yet such is the folly and madness of many Christians in these days, who will not do many things they may do, because they cannot do every thing they should do. I fear God will whip them into a better temper before he hath done with them; He will break their bones, and pierce ⟨p. 306⟩their hearts; but he will cure them of this malady, &c.

Ah Christians! God looses much, and you loose much, and Satan gains much by this, that you doe not, that you will not walke lovingly together, so far as your wayes lye together; 'Tis your sinne and shame that you doe not, that you will not pray together, and heare together, and conferr together, and mourn together, &c. because that¹ in some far lesser things you are not agreed together; what folly and madnesse is it in those, whose way of a hundred miles lies fourscore and nineteen together, yet will not walk so far together, because that they cannot goe the other mile together; yet such is the folly and madnesse of many Christians in these dayes, who will not do many things they may doe, because they cannot doe every thing they should doe. I feare God will whip them into a better temper before he hath done with them; He will breake their bones, and pierce ⟨p. 306⟩their hearts; but he will cure them of this malady, &c.

1Great is the power of joint-prayer. Mary Queen of Scots, said, she seared more the prayers of Mr. Knox, and his accomplices, then an Army of 30000. men.

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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

Westminster Assembly24

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