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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.
1. It hath Freedom and Liberty,1 it cannot be compelled and forced: Coaction is repugnant to its very nature. In this it differs from the understanding, that the understanding is wrought upon necessarily, but the will acts spontaneously. This Liberty of the Will respects the choice or refusal of the means for attaining those ends it prosecutes, according as it finds them more or less conducible thereunto. The Liberty of the Will must be understood to be in things natural, which are within its own proper sphere, not in things supernatural. It can move or not move the Body as it pleases, but it cannot move towards Christ in the way of faith as it pleaseth: it can open or shut the hand or eye at its pleasure, but not the heart. True indeed, it is not compelled or forced to turn to God by supernatural grace, but in a way suitable to its nature, it is determined and drawn to Christ, Psal. 1.10.3. It is drawn by a mighty power, and yet runs freely, Cant. 1.4. Draw me, we will run after thee.
1. It hath Freedom and Liberty,1 it cannot be compelled and forced: Coaction is repugnant to its very nature. In this it differs from the understanding, that the understanding is wrought upon necessarily, but the will acts spontaneously. This Liberty of the Will respects the choice or refusal of the means for attaining those ends it prosecutes, according as it finds them more or less conducible thereunto. The Liberty of the Will must be understood to be in things natural, which are within its own proper sphere, not in things supernatural. It can move or not move the Body as it pleases, but it cannot move towards Christ in the way of faith as it pleaseth: it can open or shut the hand or eye at its pleasure, but not the heart. True indeed, it is not compelled or forced to turn to God by supernatural grace, but in a way sutable to its nature, it is determined and drawn to Christ, Psal. 1.10.3. It is drawn by a mighty power, and yet runs freely, Cant. 1.4. Draw me, we will run after thee.
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