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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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3. It signifies such as are purposely, artificially, and craftily set for the taking the prey at the greatest advantage that can be; the Greek [Greek or Hebrew] being derived from [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew], signifies properly a way-laying, circumvention, or going about, as they do which seek after their prey. Julian by his craft, drew more from the Faith, then all his persecuting Predecessors could do by their cruelty. So doth Satan more hurt in his sheepskin, then by roaring like a Lyon.
3. It signifies such as are purposely, artificially, and craftily set for the taking the prey at the greatest advantage that can be; the Greek 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 being derived from 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 and 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, signifies properly a way-laying, circumvention, or going about, as they doe which seek after their prey. Julian by his craft, drew more from the Faith, then all his persecuting Predecessors could doe by their cruelty. So doth Satan more hurt in his sheepskin, then by roaring like a Lyon.
Take one Scripture more for the proof of the point, and that is in the second of Timothy, the second chapter, and the last verse, And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. The Greek word that is here rendered recover themselves, signifies to awake1 themselves. The Apostle alludeth to one that is asleep, or drunk, who is to be awaked and restored to his senses; and the Greek word that is here rendered taken captive, signifies to be taken alive;2 the word is, properly, a warlike word, ⟨p. 6⟩and signifies to be taken alive, as Soldiers are taken alive in the wars, or as Birds are taken alive, and ensnared in the Fowlers net. Satan hath snares for the wise, and snares for the simple, snares for Hypocrites, and snares for the upright; snares for generous souls, and snares for timorous souls, snares for the rich, and snares for the poor, snares for the aged, and snares for youth, &c. happy are those souls that are not taken and held in the snares that he hath laid. Take one proof more, and then I will proceed to the opening of the Point, and that is in the 2d Revelations, and the 24. v. But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not