A77614:451
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.
Now I shall come to the Reasons of the Point, and so draw to a close, &c.
The first Reason is, that their hearts1 may be kept in an humble, praying,2 watching frame; oh! hath Satan so many devices to ensnare, and undo the souls of men? how should this awaken dull, drowsy souls, and make them stand upon their watch? A Saint should be like a Seraphim, beset all over with eyes and lights, that he may avoid Satan's snares, and stand fast in the hour of temptation. The Lord hath in the Scripture discovered the several snares, plots, and devices that the Devil hath to undo the souls of men, that so being forewarned, they may be forearmed, that they may be always upon their watch-tower, and hold their weapons in their hands, as the Jews did in Nehemiah's time, &c.
THe first Reason is, that their hearts1 may be kept in an humble, praying,2 watching frame; oh! hath Satan so many devices to ensnare, and undoe the soules of men? how should this awaken dull, drowsie soules, and make them stand upon their watch? A Saint should be like a Seraphim, beset all over with eyes and lights, that he may avoid Satans snares, and stand fast in the hour of temptation. The Lord hath in the Scripture discovered the several snares, plots, and devices that the Delill hath to undo the soules of men, that so being forwarn'd, they may be forearm'd, that they may be alwayes upon their watch-tower, and hold their weapons in their hands, as the Iewes did in N•hemiah's time, &c.