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A77614	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.	Brooks, Thomas, 1608-1680.	1658 (1658)	Wing B4954; Thomason E1426_1	231,671	413

they are these partly to keep them humble and low in their owne eyes and partly to put them upon the use of all divine helps whereby sin may be subdued and mortified And partly that they may live upon Christ for the perfecting the work of Sanctification Lilmod lelammed we therefore learn that wee may teach is a proverb among the Rabbins After the Trojans had been wandering tossing up and down the Mediterranean Sea as soon as they espied Italy they cried out with exulting joy Italy Italy so will Saints when they come to Heaven and partly to weane them from things below and to make them heart-sick of their absence from Christ and to maintain in them bowels of compassion towards others that are subject to the same infirmities with them and that they may distinguish between a state of grace and a state of glory and that Heaven may be more sweet to them in the close Now doth the Lord upon these weighty reasons suffer his people to be exercised and molested with the operations of sinfull corruptions oh then let no beleever speak write or conclude bitter things against his owne soule and comforts because that sinne troubles and vexes his righteous soule c. but lay his hand upon his mouth and be silent because the Lord will have it so upon such weighty grounds as the soule is not able to withstand The sixth Remedy against this Device 6. Remedy of Satan is solemnly to consider that Beleevers must repent for their being God never g●ve a Beleever a new h●art that it should always li● a bleeding and that it should always be rent and torn in pieces with discouragements discouraged by their sins Their being discouraged by their sins will cost them many a prayer many a teare and many a groane And that because their discouragements under sin flowes from ignorance and unbeliefe it springs from their ignorance of the riches freenesse fulnesse and everlastingnesse of Gods love and from their ignorance of the power glory sufficiency and efficacy of the death and sufferings of the Lord Jesus Christ And from their ignorance of the worth glory fulnesse largenesse and compleatnesse of the righteousnesse of Jesus Christ And from their ignorance of that reall close spiritual glorious and inseparable union that is betwixt Christ and their precious soule Ah! did precious souls know and beleeve the truth of these things as they should they would not sit down dejected and over-whelmed under the sense and operations of sin c. The second Device that Satan 2 Device hath to keep souls in a sad doubting and questioning condition is BY working them to make false definitions of their graces Satan knows that as false definitions of sinne wrong the soule one way so false definitions of grace wrong the soule another way I will instance only in faith oh how doth Satan labour might and main to work men to make false definitions of faith Some he works to define faith too high as that it is a full assurance of the love of God to a mans soule in particular or a full perswasion of the pardon and remission of a mans owne sins in particular saith Satan what dost thou talk of faith faith is an assurance of the love of God and of the pardon of sin and this thou hast not thou knowest thou art far off from this therefore thou hast no faith and by drawing men to make such a false definition of faith he keeps them in a sad doubting and questioning condition and makes them spend their days in sorrow and sighing so that teares are their drink and sorrow is their meate and sighing is their work all the day long c. The Philosophers say there are eight d●grees of heat we discern three now i● a m●n should define heat only by the highest degree then all other degrees will be cast out from being heat so if men shall define fai●h only by the highest degrees by assurance of the love of God and of the pardon of his sins in particular what will become of lesser degrees of faith If a man should define a man to be a living man onely by the highest and st●ongest demonstrations of life as laughing leaping running working walking c. would not many thousands that groan under internal and externall weaknesses and that cannot laugh nor leap nor run nor work nor walk be found dead men by such a definition that yet wee know to be alive 't is so here and you know how to apply it c. Now the Remedies against this device of Satan are these that follow THe first Remedie against this Device 1. Remedy of Satan is solemnly ●o consider that there may be true faith yea g●eat measures of faith where there is no assurance The Canaanite woman in the Gospel had strong faith yet no assurance that we read of These things have I written unto you saith John that believe on the name of the Son of God that yee may know that ye have eternall life and that ye may beleeve on the name of the Son of God In these words you see that they did believe and had eternall life in respect of the purpose and promise of God and in respect of the seeds and beginnings of it in their souls and in respect of Christ their head who sits in Heaven as a publique person representing all his chosen ones Who hath raised us up together Ephes 2. 6. and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus and yet they did not know that they had eternall life 'T is one thing to have a right to heaven and another thing to know it 'T is one thing to be beloved and another thing for a man to know that he is beloved 'T is one thing for God to write a mans name in the book of life and another thing for God to tell a man that his name is written in the book of life and to say to him rejoyce because thy name is written in heaven So Paul In whom yee also trusted after Ephes 1. 13. So those in ●ha● Isa 50. 10 had faith though they had no assurance Mica 7. 8 9. yee heard the word of truth the Gospell of your salvation in whom also after that yee believed yee were sealed with that holy spirit of promise So Micha Rejoyce not against me oh my enemie when I shall fall I shall rise when I shall sit in darknesse the Lord shall be a light unto me I will beare the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned c. or the sad countenance of God as the Hebrew hath it This soul had no assurance for he sits in darknesse and was under the sad countenance of God and yet had strong faith As appears in those words when I fall I shall arise when I sit in darknesse the Lord shall be a light unto me He will bring me forth to the light and I shall behold his

foure Remedies against this device from p. 211. to p. 217. The fourth Device that Satan hath to keepe poor soules in a sad doubting and questioning condition is by suggesting that their graces are not true but counterfeit two Remedies again this and in the handling of the two Remedies ten differences are shewed betwixt renewing grace and restraining grace betwixt sanctifying grace and temporary grace from p. 217. to page 230. The fifth Device that Satan hath to keepe soules in a sad doubting and questioning condition is by suggesting to them that that conflict that is in them is not a conflict that is only in Saints but such a conflict that is to be found in the hearts of hypocrites and prophane soules c. six Remedies against this device from page 230. to p. 238. The sixth Device that Satan hath to keepe poore soules in a sad doubting and questioning condition is by suggesting to the soule that certainly the condition of the soule is not good because the soule cannot joy and rejoyce in Christ c. as once it could c. five Remedies against this device from p. 238. to p. 244. The seventh Device that Satan hath to keep poor soules in a sad doubting and questioning condition is by suggesting to the soule it s often Relapses into the same sin which formerly he hath pursued with particular sorrow griefe shame and tears and prayed and resolved against six Remedies against this device from p. 244. to p. 253. The eighth Device that Satan hath to keep poor soules in a sad doubting and questioning condition is by perswading them that their estate is not good their hearts are not upright their graces are not sound because they are so followed vexed and tormented with temptations severall Remedies against this device from p. 253. to p. 264. In the fourth place is shewed the severall wayes and devices that Satan hath to destroy all sorts and ranks of men in the world First he hath his Devices to destroy the great and honourable of the earth And that First by working them to make it their businesse to seeke how to greaten themselves to enrich themselves to secure themselves c. six Remedies against this device from p. 264. to p. 277. The second grand Device that Satan hath to destroy the great and honorable of the earth is by engaging them against the people of the most high foure Remedies against this device from p. 277. to p. 284. Secondly Satan hath his Devices to destroy the learned and the wise that sometimes by working them to pride themselves in their parts and abilities and sometimes by drawing them to rest upon their parts and abilities and sometimes by working them to make light and slight of those that want iheir parts and abilities though they excell them in grace and holinesse c. four Remedies against this device from p. 284. to p. 290. Thirdly Satan hath his Devices to ensnare and destroy the Saints and that by working them first to be strange then to be bitter jealous and then to divide c. twelve remedies against this device from p. 290. to p. 311. Fourthly Satan hath his Devices to destroy poor ignorant souls and that sometimes by drawing them to affect ignorance to neglect slight and despise the means of Knowledg c. Foure Remedies against this device from p. 311. to p. 316. To prevent some objections six Propositions or Conclusions concerning Satan his devices are laid down from p. 316. to page 327. Five Reasons of the Point are laid downe from p. 327. to p. 330. Severall sweet and profitable Uses of the Point from p. 330. to p. 347. To this second Impression is added an Appendix touching five more severall Devices that Satan hath to keep poore soules from believing in Christ from receiving of Christ from embracing of Christ from resting leaning or relying upon Christ for everlasting happinesse and blessednesse according to the Gospel Remedies against those Devices from page 349. to the end of the Booke Imprimatur Joseph Caryll A Catalogue of the Names of severall Books printed and to be sold by Iohn Hancocke in Popes-head Alley A Book of Short-writing the most easie exact and speedy Method by Theophilus Medcalf with a School-master to explain it Another Book of Short-hand written by Thomas Crosse You may buy Shelton or any other sort of him also A Copie-booke teaching to write severall hands A Treatise of Christs personall reign on earth 1000. yeares written by Mr. Robert Maton shewing the manner and beginning of his Reigne Also another Treatise of Christs personall Reign by Mr. Farmer The Covenant of Gods free Grace unfolded by that worthy Minister Mr. John Cotton of New Engl. A description of the State of Great Britain written 1100. years since by that famous Author Gildas treating of its Scituation Disobedience Subjection Religion c. Spirituall Intervalls or the Soules Exercise in Meditations on severall Occasions written by Lancelot Reynolds States Policie written by Robert Sprye setting forth Rules of Civill Government Satans Stratagems or the Devills Cabinet-Councell discovered Shewing an easie way to end Controversies in matters of Religion written by Jacobus Accontius translated into English 1648. Recreations for ingenuous Head-pieces containing severall witty Poems Epigrams Epi●aphs c. 1650. The famous History of Edward the fourth King of England written by William Babington Esq A Treatise of Church-government approved by many godly and learned Ministers 1644. A Glasse for the Times confuting divers Errors in Religion briefly A Sermon before the Parliament 1645. by Samuel Gibson called The ruine of the Authors and fomenters of Civill Warre Cases considered and resolved touching Baptisme of Infants and the Lords Supper wherein all godly conscientious Ministers in England whether Congregationall or Presbyteriall are concerned by Mr. Brookes 1653. A Sermon preached by Mr. Brooks at the Funerall of the renowned Colonel Reinsborough called The glorious day of the Saints appearance calling for a glorious Conversation c. 1648. A Sermon preached by Mr. Brooks at Christ-Church at the Funerall of Mrs. Martha Randol 1651. Entituled A Beleevers last day is his best day Two other Sermons preached by Mr. Brooks before the Parliament one in Decemb. 6. 1648. the other in Septemb. 3. 1650. both printed by their order but not to be had now All the former Books mentioned you may have of John Hancock in Popes-head Alley Christian Reader be pleased to passe by of course some mistakes in pointing and some lesser literal faults to correct with thy pen grosser Errata's before thou readst the Book as being occasioned by the Authors absence from the Presse