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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Bodin hath a story concerning a great Rebel that had made a great strong party against a Roman Emperor; the Emperor makes Proclamation, that ⟨p. 355⟩who-ever could bring the Rebel dead or alive, he should have such a great sum of money; The Rebel hearing of this, comes and presents himself before the Emperor, and demands the sum of money; now saith the Emperor, if I should put him to death, the world would say, I did it to save my money, and so he pardons the Rebel, and gives him the money. Ah sinners! shall a Heathen do this, that had but a drop of mercy and compassion in him? and will not Christ do much more,1 that hath all fullness of grace, mercy, and glory in himself? Surely his bowels do yearn towards the worst of Rebels. Ah! if you will but come in, you will find him ready to pardon, yea one2 made up of pardoning mercy: Oh! the readiness and willingness of Jesus Christ to receive to favour the greatest Rebels.
Bodin hath a story concerning a great Rebell that had made a great strong party against a Roman Emperour; the Emperour makes Proclamation, that ⟨p. 355⟩who-ever could bring the Rebell dead or alive, he should have such a great summe of money; The Rebell hearing of this, comes and presents himself before the Emperour, and demands the summ of money; now saith the Emperour, if I should put him to death, the world would say, I did it to save my money, and so he pardons the Rebell, and gives him the money. Ah sinners! shall a Heathen do this, that had but a drop of mercy and compassion in him? and will not Christ do much more,1 that hath all fulnesse of grace, mercy, and glory in himselfe? Surely his bowels doe yerne towards the worst of Rebels. Ah! if you will but come in, you will find him ready to pardon, yea one2 made up of pardoning mercy: Oh! the readinesse and willingnesse of Jesus Christ to receive to favour the greatest Rebels.