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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.
Death is certainly the best Physician next and under Jesus Christ, that ever was employed about them; for it cures radically and perfectly; so that the Soul never relapses any ⟨p. 314⟩more into any distemper. Other Medicines are but Anodynes, or at best they relieve us but in part, and for a time; but this goes through the work, and perfects the cure at once. Methinks that Call of Christ which he gives his Spouse in Cant. 4.8 (Come with me from Lebanon (my Spouse) with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon from the Lions dens, from the Mountains of Leopards.) scarce suits any time so well as the time of death. Then it is that we depart from the Lions Dens, and the mountains of Leopards, places uncomfortable and unsafe. More particularly, at death the Saints depart.
1. From defiling corruptions in•o 1. Perfect purity. 2. From heart sinking sorrows in•o 2. Fullness of joy. 3. From entangling temptations in•o 3. Everlasting freedom. 4. From distressing persecutions in•o 4. Full rest. 5. From pinching wants in•o 5. Universal supplies. 6. From distracting fears in•o 6. Highest security. 7. From deluding shadows in•o 7. Substantial good.
1. From defiling corruptions in•o 1. Perfect purity. 2. From heart sinking sorrows in•o 2. Fulness of joy. 3. From entangling temptations in•o 3. Everlasting freedome. 4. From distressing persecutions ino 4. Full rest. 5. From pinching wants ino 5. Universal supplies. 6. From distracting fears ino 6. Highest security. 7. From deluding shadows ino 7. Substantial good.