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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
TEXT. › The USES of the Point. › Inference 3: Inference III.
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.
Inference III.
How prejudicial is it to dying men to be then encumbered, diverted, and distracted about earthly concernments, when the time of their departure is at hand!
HOw prejudicial is it to dying men to be then encumbered, diverted, and distracted about earthly concernments, when the time of their departure is at hand!
The business and employment of dying persons is of so vast importance and weight, that every moment of their time need to be carefully saved, and applied to this their present and most important concern. How well soever you have improved the time of life, believe it you will find work enough upon your hands at death: dying hours will be found to be busy and laborious hours, even to the most painful, serious and industrious Souls, whose life hath been mostly spent in preparations for death. Leave not the proper business of other days to that day, for that day will have business enough of its own. Sufficient for that day, are the labours thereof Let a few Considerations be pondered to clear and confirm this Inference.
The business and imployment of dying persons is of so vast importance and weight, that every moment of their time need to be carefully saved, and applied to this their present and most important concern. How well soever you have improved the time of life, believe it you will find work enough upon your hands at death: dying hours will be found to be busie and laborious hours, even to the most painful, serious and industrious Souls, whose life hath been mostly spent in preparations for death. Leave not the proper business of other days to that day, for that day will have business enough of its own. Sufficient for that day, are the labours thereof Let a few Considerations be pondered to clear and confirm this Inference.