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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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Ah sinner! 'tis not thy great transgressions that shall exclude thee from mercy; if thou wilt break off thy sins by repentance, and return to the fountain of mercy. Christs heart, Christs arms are wide open to embrace the returning Prodigal. 'Tis not simply the greatest of thy sins, but thy peremptory persisting in sin that will be thy eternal overthrow.
Ah sinner! 'tis not thy great transgressions that shall exclude thee from mercy; if thou wilt break off thy sins by repentance, and return to the fountaine of mercy. Christs heart, Christs armes are wide open to embrace the returning Prodigall. 'Tis not simply the greatest of thy sins, but thy peremptory persisting in sinne that will be thy eternall overthrow.
The third Remedy against this Device 1of Satan, is, seriously to consider, that the greatest sinners have obtained ⟨p. 353⟩mercy, and therefore all the Angels in heaven, all the men on earth, and all the Devils in hell, cannot tell to the contrary, but that thou mayest obtain mercy. Manasseh was a notorious sinner,2 he erected Altars for Baal, he worshipped and served all the host of Heaven; He caused his sons to pass through the fire; he gave himself to witchcraft and sorcery; he made Judah to sin more wickedly then the heathen did, whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel; he 3caused the streets of Jerusalem to run down with innocent blood, &c. Ah! what a devil incarnate was he in his actings; and yet when he humbled himself, and sought the Lord, the Lord was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him to Jerusalem, and made himself known unto him, and crowned him with mercy and loving kindness, as you may see in