The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks

The provided text is not a penny dreadful but rather comprises front matter and a detailed table of contents from Volume I of "The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks," edited by Rev. Alexander Balloch Grosart and published in 1866 by James Nichol. The volume contains four religious treatises: "Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices," "Apples of Gold for Young Men and Women," "The Mute Christian Under the Smarting Rod," and "A String of Pearls." The primary work, "Precious Remedies," systematically enumerates Satan's temptations—presenting sin deceptively, minimizing transgression, displaying worldly prosperity—and offers scriptural remedies. Additional sections address Satan's devices to obstruct religious duty, to maintain spiritual doubt, and to corrupt different ranks of society. The text reflects seventeenth-century Puritan divinity concerned with spiritual warfare and moral instruction.