Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices
Thomas Brooks · 1652
A handbook on temptation: the tricks that lead us into sin, and short, memorable answers to each one.
- Lived
- 1608–1680
- Where
- London, England
- In the library
- 2 books
Author
Thomas Brooks
A London pastor who stayed with his people through plague and fire.
Thomas Brooks studied at Cambridge, served as a chaplain at sea, and became minister of St Margaret's, New Fish Street, in the City of London. In 1662, along with about two thousand other ministers, he was put out of his church for refusing to conform to the new rules of the Church of England.
He kept preaching anyway. When the Great Plague struck London in 1665, and the Great Fire the year after, many fled the city. Brooks stayed and cared for his congregation.
His books are full of short, memorable sayings and homely images, and they are some of the most readable writing of his century.
“Christ, the Scripture, your own hearts, and Satan's devices are the four prime things that should be first and most studied and searched.”
Precious Remedies
