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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.
But when we put off these Bodies, we put off our mourning Garments with them, and shall never sorrow any more: thenceforth God wipes away all tears from his Peoples eyes, Rev. 21.4. and that is not all, but they enter into their Masters Joy, even fullness of joy and pleasures for evermore. Groans are turned into Triumphs, and Sighs and Tears into joyful Acclamations and Songs of praise. O that we were once made sensible throughly of the advantages that come by this exchange.
But when we put off these Bodies, we put off our mourning Garments with them, and shall never sorrow any more: thenceforth God wipes away all tears from his Peoples eyes, Rev. 21.4. and that is not all, but they enter into their Masters Joy, even fulness of joy and pleasures for evermore. Groans are turned into Triumphs, and Sighs and Tears into joyful Acclamations and Songs of praise. O that we were once made sensible throughly of the advantages that come by this exchange.
3. From entangling Temptations, into everlasting Freedom. 'Tis this Body, and the interest, and concerns of it, upon which Satan raises most of his Batteries against our Souls: 'tis our Flesh that causeth our Soul to sin: and whilst the Soul dwells in the Body, it is within Satan's reach to tempt and defile and trouble it. O what grievous things do the best Souls endure and suffer on this account?
3. From entangling Temptations, into everlasting Freedom. 'Tis this Body, and the interest, and concerns of it, upon which Satan raises most of his Batteries against our Souls: 'tis our Flesh that causeth our Soul to sin: and whilst the Soul dwells in the Body, it is within Satans reach to tempt and defile and trouble it. O what grievous things do the best Souls endure and suffer on this account?