Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices
| Weight | 0.36 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 18.1 × 12.1 × 1.8 cm |
| ISBN | 9781800401679 |
| Binding | Paperback, eBook (ePub & Kindle), Paperback & eBook (ePub & Kindle) |
| format | Book |
| page-count | 256 |
| series | Puritan Paperbacks |
| Original Pub Date | 1652 |
| Banner Pub Date | Jun 1, 1968 |
| This Edition | 2021 |
Book Description
Brooks treated the seductive influence and terrible power of Satan in a way greatly more full and suggestive than in the literature of the present day.
Brooks lists seven reasons for writing this book. The first reason is enough…Brooks says, “Satan hath a greater influence upon men, and higher advantages over them than they think he hath, and the knowledge of his high advantage is the highway to disappoint him, and to render the soul strong in resisting, and happy in conquering.
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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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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!!!!