A39675:1677
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.
EPHES. 5.16. —Redeeming the time (or opportunity) because the days are evil.
Time is deservedly reckoned among the most precious mercies of this life; and that which makes it so valuable, are the commodious seasons and opportunities for Salvation which are vouchsafed to us therein. Opportunity is the golden spot of Time, the sweet and beautiful flower growing upon the stalk of Time. If Time be a Ring of Gold,1 opportunity is the rich Diamond that gives it both its value and glory. The Apostle well knew the value of Time; and seeing how prodigally it was wasted by the most, doth therefore in this place earnestly press all men to redeem, save, and improve it with the utmost diligence. In this and the former Verse We have 1. The Duty enjoined, Walk circumspectly. We have 2. The Injunction explained 1. More generally, Not as fools, but as wise. 2. More particularly, Redeeming the time. 3. The Exhortation strongly enforced, with a powerful Motive, Because the days are evil.
TIme is deservedly reckoned among the most precious mercies of this life; and that which makes it so valuable, are the commodious seasons and opportunities for Salvation which are vouchsafed to us therein. Opportunity is the golden spot of Time, the sweet and beautiful flower growing upon the stalk of Time. If Time be a Ring of Gold,1 opportunity is the rich Diamond that gives it both its value and glory. The Apostle well knew the value of Time; and seeing how prodigally it was wasted by the most, doth therefore in this place earnestly press all men to redeem, save, and improve it with the utmost diligence. In this and the former Verse We have 1. The Duty injoyned, Walk circumspectly. We have 2. The Injunction explained 1. More generally, Not as fools, but as wise. 2. More particularly, Redeeming the time. 3. The Exhortation strongly inforced, with a powerful Motive, Because the days are evil.