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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.
Inference IV.
IF the Soul of man be so precious, how precious and dear to all Believers should the Redeemer and Saviour of their precious Souls be?
Unto you therefore that believe he is precious, saith the Apostle, 1 Pet. 2.7. though he be yet out of our sight, he should never be one whole hour together out of our hearts and thoughts: 1 Pet. 1.8. Whom having not seen ye love, whom though now ye see him not, yet believing ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. The very Name of Christ, saith Bernard, 1is Honey in the mouth, Melody in the ear, and a very Jubilee in the heart. The blessed Martyr Mr. Lambert made this his Motto, None but Christ, none but Christ. Molinus was seldom observed to mention his Name without dropping eyes. Julius Palmer in the midst of the flames moved his scorched lips, and was heard to say, Sweet Jesus, and fell ⟨p. 386⟩asleep. Paul fastens upon his Name as a Bee upon a sweet flower, and mentions it no less than ten times in the compass of ten verses, 1 Cor. 1. as if he knew not how to leave it.
Vnto you therefore that believe he is precious, saith the Apostle, 1 Pet. 2.7. though he be yet out of our sight, he should never be one whole hour together out of our hearts and thoughts: