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Pneumatologia, a treatise of the soul of man
Pneumatologia, a treatise of the soul of man wherein the divine original, excellent and immortal nature of the soul are opened, its love and inclination to the body, with the necessity of its separation from it, considered and improved, the existence, operations, and states of separated souls, both in Heaven and Hell, immediately after death, asserted, discussed, and variously applied, divers knotty and difficult questions about departed souls, both philosophical, and theological, stated and determined, the invaluable preciousness of humane souls, and the various artifices of Satan (their professed enemy) to destroy them, discovered, and the great duty and interest of all men, seasonable and heartily to comply with the most great and gracious design of the Father, Son, and Spirit, for the salvation of their souls, argued and pressed / by John Flavel ...Pneumatologia, a treatise of the soul of man wherein the divine original, excellent and immortal nature of the soul are opened, its love and inclination to the body, with the necessity of its separation from it, considered and improved, the existence, operations, and states of separated souls, both in Heaven and Hell, immediately after death, asserted, discussed, and variously applyed, divers knotty and difficult questions about departed souls, both philosophical, and theological, stated and determined, the invaluable preciousness of humane souls, and the various artifices of Satan (their professed enemy) to destroy them, discovered, and the great duty and interest of all men, seasonable and heartily to comply with the most great and gracious design of the Father, Son, and Spirit, for the salvation of their souls, argued and pressed / by John Flavel ...
London: printed for Francis Tyton, 1685
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
To the much honoured his dear Kinsman, Mr. John Flavell, and Mr. Edward Crispe of London, Merchants; and the rest of my worthy Friends in London, Ratcliffe, Shadwell, and Lymehouse: Grace, Mercy, and Peace.
To the much honoured his dear Kinsman, Mr. Iohn Flavell, and Mr. Edward Crispe of London, Merchants; and the rest of my worthy Friends in London, Ratcliffe, Shadwell, and Lymehouse: Grace, Mercy, and Peace.
Dear Friends,
Among all the Creatures in this lower World, none deserves to be styled great, 1but Man; and in Man nothing is found worthy of that Epithet, but his Soul.
AMong all the Creatures in this lower World, none deserves to be stiled great, 1but Man; and in Man nothing is found worthy of that Epithet, but his Soul.
- 1Nihil interra magnum praeter hominem, nihil in homine praeter mentem. Favorin. E•coelo descendit [Greek or Hebrew]. Juvenal. Nulla scientia melior illa qua homo novit scripsum: relinque ergo caetera, & teipsum discute: per te cur: in te consist: à te incipiat cogitatio tua, & in te finiatur.Nihil interra magnum praeter hominem, nihil in homine praeter mentem. Favorin. E•coelo descendit 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Juvenal. Nulla scientia melior illa qua homo novit scripsum: relinque ergo caetera, & teipsum discute: per te curre: in te confiste: à te incipiat cogitatio tua, & in te finiatur.