Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices

Weight 0.58 lbs
Dimensions 7.13 × 4.75 × 0.7 in
ISBN 9781800401679
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Paperback, eBook (ePub & Kindle), Paperback & eBook (ePub & Kindle)

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Book

ISBN

9781800401679

Page Count

344

Original Pub Date

1652

Banner Pub Date

Sep 22, 2021

Series

Puritan Paperbacks

Topic

Encouragement, Spiritual Growth

Endorsements

‘If you are looking for a book to be your companion in the lifelong fight for joy and against sin…then I don’t have a better uninspired nomination for you than Precious Remedies.’ — LIGON DUNCAN

Book Description

‘Christ, the Scripture, your own hearts, and Satan’s devices, are the four prime things that should be first and most studied and searched…’

The detailed analysis of Scripture together with the malfunctions, diseases, and spiritual cares of members of the body of Christ found in Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices is an outstanding example of Thomas Brooks’ deep knowledge and understanding. Many have benefited from his insights into gospel antidotes to the means Satan employs in unsettling God’s people.

Alexander Grosart, editor of the nineteenth-century edition of Brooks Works, records the words of a missionary who had become deeply perplexed by a situation in which she found herself:

‘I…turned to my closet for an hour, giving the time to prayer and to my dear little help-book ‘Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices’. In that time God taught me what to do, and strength was given for the day.’

Precious Remedies continues to be a ‘help-book’ to Christians today. Pastors will find its insights valuable in caring for Christ’s flock.

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Table of Contents Expand ↓

Thomas Brooks - a Brief Biography 11
The Epistle Dedicatory 15
A Word to the Reader 21
Introduction 25
THE PROOF OF THE POINT 27
SATAN'S DEVICES TO DRAW THE SOUL TO SIN
[12 devices and their remedies]
1 By presenting the bait and hiding the hook 29
2 By painting sin with virtue's colours 34
3 By the extenuating and lessening of sin 38
4 By showing to the soul the best men's sins and by hiding from the soul their virtues, their sorrows, and their repentance 45
5 By presenting God to the soul as One made up all of mercy 50
6 By persuading the soul that repentance is easy and that therefore the soul need not scruple about sinning 55
7 By making the soul bold to venture upon the occasions of sin 66
8 By representing to the soul the outward mercies enjoyed by men walking in sin, and their freedom from outward miseries 70
9 By presenting to the soul the crosses, losses, sorrows and sufferings that daily attend those who walk in the ways of holiness 79
10 By causing saints to compare themselves and their ways with those reputed to be worse than themselves 89
11 By polluting the souls and judgments of men with dangerous errors that lead to looseness and wickedness 92
12 By leading men to choose wicked company 99
SATAN'S DEVICES TO KEEP SOULS FROM HOLY DUTIES, TO HINDER SOULS IN HOLY SERVICES, TO KEEP THEM OFF FROM RELIGIOUS PERFORMANCES
[8 devices and their remedies]
1 By presenting the world in such a garb as to ensnare the soul 102
2 By presenting to the soul the dangers, losses and sufferings that accompany the performance of certain religious duties 112
3 By presenting to the soul the difficulty of performing religious duties 117
4 By causing saints to draw false inferences from the blessed and glorious things that Christ has done 122
5 By presenting to view the fewness and poverty of those who hold to religious practices 127
6 By showing saints that the majority of men make light of God's ways and walk in the ways of their own hearts 133
7 By casting in vain thoughts while the soul is seeking God or waiting on God 135
8 By tempting Christians to rest in their performances 139
SATAN'S DEVICES TO KEEP SAINTS IN A SAD, DOUBTING, QUESTIONING AND UNCOMFORTABLE CONDITION
[8 devices and their remedies] 142
1 By causing saints to remember their sins more than their Saviour, yea, even to forget and neglect their Saviour 142
2 By causing saints to make false definitions of their graces 148
3 By causing saints to make false inferences from the cross actions of Providence 151
4 By suggesting to saints that their graces are not true, but counterfeit 154
5 By suggesting to saints that the conflict that is in them is found also in hypocrites and profane souls 162
6 By suggesting to the saint who has lost joy and comfort that his state is not good 167
7 By reminding the saint of his frequent relapses into sin formerly repented of and prayed against 171
8 By persuading saints that their state is not good nor their graces sound 176
SATAN'S DEVICES TO DESTROY AND ENSNARE ALL SORTS AND RANKS OF MEN IN THE WORLD
[5 devices and their remedies]
I DEVICES AGAINST THE GREAT AND HONOURABLE OF THE EARTH
1 By causing them to seek greatness, position, riches and security 183
2 By causing them to act against the people of the Most High 190
II DEVICE AGAINST THE LEARNED AND THE WISE 194
By moving them to pride themselves on their parts and abilities, and to despise men of greater grace but inferior abilities 194
III DEVICE AGAINST THE SAINTS
By dividing them and causing them to 'bite and devour one another' 198
IV DEVICE AGAINST POOR AND IGNORANT SOULS
By causing them to affect ignorance and to neglect and despise the means of knowledge 211
APPENDIX
TOUCHING FIVE MORE OF SATAN'S DEVICES 214
1 By suggesting to men the greatness and vileness of their sins 214
2 By suggesting to sinners their unworthiness 222
3 By suggesting to sinners their want of certain preparations and qualifications 224
4 By suggesting to sinners that Christ is unwilling to save them 228
5 By causing sinners to give more attention to the secret decrees and counsels of God than to their own duty 229
SEVEN CHARACTERS OF FALSE TEACHERS 230
SIX PROPOSITIONS CONCERNING SATAN AND HIS DEVICES 234
[Five reasons of the point added] 240
CONCLUSION - CHIEFLY, TEN SPECIAL HELPS AND RULES AGAINST SATAN'S DEVICES 243

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  1. Michael Rangel

    There is nothing I can add to the conversation about this book that hasn’t already been said over the past few hundred years. Simply put, this is a masterpiece! If asked what 3 books I would recommend to every believer, this quite frankly could be number one. There is a sweetness to Brooks’ writing style and a pastoral love that I very much enjoyed. If you are reading this…buy this book, jump it to the top of your reading list, and praise God for His work through Thomas Brook and His sovereignty in putting this work in your hands.

  2. Robert Norman

    I read this at a crucial point in my life. I cannot express my gratitude toward Brooks for this wonderful masterpiece. If you think you understand your sinful nature, think again, and read Brooks’ Precious Remedies. You will be challenged, humbled and uplifted.
    This is the most precious book in my entire library.

  3. Nicholas Harvey

    Reading this book will make you realise how much we are being hammered by the enemy . Brooks must of experienced the arrows of the adversary to record such detailed remedies . I can’t express the importance of these writings to equip the believer in the knowledge of the spiritual war that we are in . If you bypass this book you do so at your own peril

  4. Benjamin Veurink

    If you want to be holy, humble and Christ-like you need not look elsewhere. There are timely books and then there are timeless books. This is a timeless book that aims not so much at the head, but rather it is a direct shot into the heart of the believer. I praise God that Brooks’ beautiful masterpiece found its way into my hands. I have cried, rejoiced and grieved by the biblical truths expounded in this book; all of which have aided more than I can express in my sanctification. My wife can testify to how great an impact this book has made on not only my life, but also our marriage. It is a book that will not be read once and shut, never to be opened again. Rather it is a book that will be sought time and again to remind you of the devil’s mischievous ways and how to resist him and stand firm in Christ and His Word.

  5. Josh Mancin

    The Lord gave Thomas Brooks such remarkable discernment and wisdom, and he puts it on display in this book. As I would read one of Satan’s devices that Brooks mentions, I would say to myself “that is exactly what the devil does–how could I not have thought these very words before?” And as I would read the many remedies he offers, again, I would find myself saying “that is incredible counsel to this exact device of Satan!” They are precious remedies and precise remedies.
    This book, I pray and I trust, will be a profound help to any saint of any age, who desires to be a holy and useful servant of the Lord Jesus.

  6. Mark Trigsted

    We just purchased 70 copies “Precious Remedies” that we used for a Youth Retreat… We used the three Main headings of “Devices” 1. Satan’s Desire to Get us to Sin; 2. Satan’s Desire to keep us from “Holy” Duties; and 3. Satan’s Desire to us sad, discouraged and depressed.

    We picked a few devices and remedies form each section that are just as applicable to teens in 2023 as the day Brooks’ penned them…

    What a resource!!!!

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