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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 XII.
Upon the consideration both of its excellent nature, and divine Original, it follows, That the corruption and defacing of such an excellent creature by sin, deserves to be lamented and greatly bewailed; and the recovery of it by sanctification to be studied, and diligently prosecuted, as the great concern of all men.
UPon the consideration both of its excellent nature, and divine Original, it follows, That the corruption and deacing of such an excellent creature by sin, deserves to be lamented and greatly bewailed; and the recovery of it by sanctification to be studied, and diligently prosecuted, as the great concern of all men.
What a Beautiful and Blessed creature was the Soul of Man at first, whilst it stood in its integrity? His mind was bright, clear, and apprehensive of the Law and Will of God: His Will cheerfully complied therewith, his sensitive appetite, and inferior powers stood in an obedient subordination. God made man upright, Eccles. 7.29. [Greek or Hebrew] straight, and equal; bending to neither extreme. The Law of God was fairly engraven upon the table of his heart. Principles of holiness and righteousness were inlaid in the very frame of his mind, fitting him for an exact and punctual discharge of his duties, both to God and Man. This was the soundness of his constitution, the healthful temper of his inner man: Whereby it became the very region of light, peace, purity, and pleasure. For think how serene, lightsome, and placid the state of that Soul must be, in which there was no obliquity, not a jar with the divine will: But joy and peace continually transfused through all its faculties!