A77614:462
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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But this is not the main thing that I intend to speak to; my main business shall be, to set before you some special Rules, and helps against all his Devices, and the first is this.
But this is not the main thing that I intend to speak to; my main business shall be, to set before you some speciall Rules, and helps against all his Devices, and the first is this.
If you would not be taken by any of §1Satan's Devices, then walk by rule; he that walks by rule, walks most safely,1 he that walks by rule, walks most honourably; he that walk by rule, walks most sweetly; when men throw off the ⟨p. 331⟩word, then God throws off them, and then Satan takes them by the hand, and leads them into snares at his pleasure; he that thinks himself too good to be ruled by the word, will be found too bad to be owned by God; and if God do not, nor will not own him, Satan will by his stratagems overthrow him. Them that keep to the rule, they shall be kept in the hour of temptation. Because 2thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
If you would not be taken by any of §1Satans Devices, then walk by rule; hee that walks by rule, walks most safely,1 he that walks by rule, walks most honourably; he that walke by rule, walks most sweetly; when men throw off the ⟨p. 331⟩