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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And be sure you make the word the only Touch-stone, and Judge of all persons and actions. To the Law and to ¹the Testimony, if they speak not according to this word, 'tis because there is no light in them. 'Tis best and safest, to make that to be the judge of all men, and things now, that all shall be judged by in the latter day. The word (saith Christ)² that I have spoken, the same shall judg him in the last day. Make not your dim light, your notions, your fancies, your opinions, the Judge of mens actions, but still judge by rule, and plead, 'tis written, when a vain, importunate soul cried out in contest with a holy man, hear me, hear me; the holy man answered, Neither hear me, nor I thee, but ³let us both hear the Apostle.

And be sure you make the word the onely Touch-stone, and Judge of all persons and actions. To the Law and to ¹the Testimony, if they speake not according to this word, 'tis because there is no light in them. 'Tis best and safest, to make that to be the judge of all men, and things now, that all shall be judged by in the latter day. The word (saith Christ)² that I have spoken, the same shall judg him in the last day. Make not your dim light, your notions, your fancies, your opinions, the Judge of mens actions, but still judge by rule, and plead, 'tis written, when a vaine, importunate soule cryed out in contest with a holy man, heare me, heare me; the holy man answered, Neither heare me, nor I thee, but ³let us both heare the Apostle.

1Isa. 8. 20.
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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