Puritan · 1652

Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices

Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)

Thomas Brooks catalogues the specific tactics Satan uses against the soul and pairs each with remedies drawn from scripture, written with the pastoral heat of a London Puritan minister who believed spiritual warfare was the daily reality of every Christian. First published in 1652 and dedicated to the Parliament of England, the book went through multiple editions in Brooks' own lifetime and has been reprinted in every century since. Brooks writes not for the scholar but for the congregant, matching each device not with abstract doctrine but with concrete, applicable counsel.