Precious Remedies against Satan's Devices

Name: Precious Remedies against Satan's Devices
Author: Thomas Brooks

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.

Thomas Brooks 1608–1680London: printed by M. Simmons for John Hancock, 1653

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Appendix › The third Device that Satan hath to keep poor sinners from believin… › Now the remedies against this Device of Satan are these that follow.

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The third Remedy against this Device ¹of Satan, is, seriously to consider, that the Lord does not in all the Scripture require such and such preparations² & qualifications before men come to Christ, before they believe in Christ, or entertain, or embrace the Lord Jesus Christ. Believing, believing in Christ is the great thing that God presses upon sinners throughout the Scripture, ⟨p. 372⟩as all know, that know any thing of Scripture.

The third Remedie against this Device ¹of Satan, is, seriously to consider, that the Lord does not in all the Scripture require such and such preparations² & qualifications before men come to Christ, before they believe in Christ, or entertaine, or embrace the Lord Jesus Christ. Believing, believing in Christ is the great thing that God presses upon sinners throughout the Scripture, ⟨p. 372⟩as all know, that know any thing of Scripture.

13 Remedy.3 Remedie.
2Rom. 4. 5. God justifies the ungodly.

:515p. 372

Obj. But does not Christ say, Come ¹

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Precious Remedies against Satan's Devices

The fourth Device that Satan hath to keep Christ & a sinner asunder, to keep a poor sinner from believing in Christ, from embracing of Christ, &c. is,

The fourth Device that Satan hath to keep Christ & a sinner asunder, to keep a poore sinner from believing in Christ, from embracing of Christ, &c. is,

The Remedy against this Device of Satan's is briefly to consider these few things.

The Remedie against this Device of Satans is briefly to consider these few things.

The fifth Device that Satan hath to keep a sinner and Christ asunder, is,

The fifth Device that Satan hath to keepe a sinner and Christ asunder, is,

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