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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.
The fifth Proposition is this.
That we may read much of Satan's1 nature, and disposition, by the divers names and Epithets, that are given him in the Scriptures. Sometimes he is called Behemoth, which is bruta, whereby2 the greatness, and brutishness of the Devil is figured. Those evil spirits are sometimes called [Greek or Hebrew], Accusers, for their calumnies and slanders; and [Greek or Hebrew] evil ones for their malice: Satan is Adversarius, an adversary that troubleth3 and molesteth: Abaddon is a destroyer. They are called Tempters for their suggestion, Lions for their devouring, Dragons for their cruelty, and Serpents for their subtlety, &c. As his names are, so is he; as face answers to face, so do Satan's names answer to his nature; he hath the worst names, and the worst nature of all created creatures, &c.
That we may read much of Satans1 nature, and disposition, by the divers names and Epithites, that are given him in the Scriptures. Sometimes he is called Behemoth, which is bruta, whereby2 the greatnesse, and brutishnesse of the Devill is figured. Those evill spirits are sometimes called 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Accusers, for their calumnies and slanders; and 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 evill ones for their malice: Satan is Adversarius, an adversary that troubleth