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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.
If thou be never so mean, base, and despicable a creature in other respects, yet hast thou a Soul, which hath the same alliance to the Father of Spirits, the same capacity to enjoy him in glory, that the most excellent and renowned Saints ever had. 3. Thirdly, All Souls are rated and valued in Gods book and account, at one and the same price, and therefore by nature are of equal worth and dignity. Under the Law, the Rich and the Poor were to give the same Ransom, Exod. 30.15. The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel. The Redemption of Souls by the Blood of Christ, costs one and the same price. The poorest and most despised Soul that believes in Jesus, is as much indebted to him, for the Ransom of his Soul, as the greatest and most illustrious person in the World. Moses, Abraham, Paul, &c. did not cost Christ one farthing more than poor Lazarus, or the meanest among all the Saints did. ⟨p. 52⟩The Righteousness of Christ is unto all, and upon all that believe, and there is no difference, Rom. 3.22.
But yet we must not understand this Parity of humane Souls universally, or in all respects. Though being of one species, or common nature, they are all equal, and those of them that are purchased by the blood of Christ, are all purchased at one rate; Yet there are divers other respects and considerations, wherein there are remarkable differences betwixt Soul, and Soul. As (1.) some Souls are much better lodged and accommodated in their bodies than others are, though none dwell at perfect rest and ease. God hath lodged some Souls in strong, vigorous, comely bodies, others in feeble, crazy, deformed and uncomfortable ones. The Historian saith of Galba, Anima Galbae male habitat: The Soul of Galba dwelt in an ill Body. And a much better man than Galba, was as ill accommodated: John wishes in behalf of his beloved Gaius, that his body might but prosper as his Soul did; Epist. 3. v. 2. Timothy had his often infirmities. Indeed the world is full of instances and examples of this kind.