Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices

First published in 1652, Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices is one of the most practical and enduring works of Puritan pastoral theology — a clear-eyed catalogue of the specific ways the devil works to ensnare, discourage, and destroy the souls of believers, paired at every turn with sound, Scripture-grounded remedies for standing firm.

This edition has been carefully modernized in essentially-literal style — archaic pronouns, verbs, and obsolete vocabulary updated, long sentences loosened for the ear — while Brooks' own Scripture quotations and theological vocabulary are left exactly as he wrote them. The front matter and the first two chapters are free to read; the rest of the book is part of the Silva Island membership library.