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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.
The Soul of Man is a building of God, he hath laid out the treasures of his wisdom, power and goodness in this noble structure; he built it for an habitation for himself to dwell in. And indeed such noble rooms, as the Understanding, Will, and Affections, are too good for any other to inhabit. But sin hath set open the gates of this hollowed Temple, and let in the abomination which maketh desolate. All the doors of the Soul are barred and chained up against Christ, by ignorance, and infidelity: he seeks for admission into the Soul which he hath made, but findeth none. A forcible entry he will not make, but expects when the Will shall bring him the keys of the Soul, as to its rightful owner. So he expresseth himself to us in Rev. 3.20. Behold, I stand •• the door, and knock, if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he with me: his standing at the door, denotes his earnest desire, and patient waiting, in the use of all those means, that are introductive of Jesus Christ into the Souls of men: His knocking, signifies the various essays he makes by Ordinances and providences externally, and the convictions and persuasions of his Spirit, and the Consciences of sinners internally: every call of the word, and every conviction of Conscience, is a Call, a Knock from Heaven, at the door of the Soul, for the admission of Christ into it. By the souls hearing his voice, and opening the door, understand its approbation, and consent to the motion and offer of God. By Christs coming in, is meant his uniting that Soul unto himself, that opens to him: And as his coming in, denotes union; so his supping with the Soul, and the Soul with him, ⟨p. 69⟩denotes his sweet Communion; imperfect here, complete and full in Heaven.
The Soul of Man is a building of God, he hath layed out the treasures of his wisdom, power and goodness in this noble structure; he built it for an habitation for himself to dwell in. And indeed such noble rooms, as the Understanding, Will, and Affections, are too good for any other to inhabit. But sin hath set open the gates of this hollowed Temple, and let in the abomination which maketh desolate. All the doors of the Soul are barr'd and chain'd up against Christ, by ignorance, and infidelity: he seeks for admission into the Soul which he hath made, but findeth none. A forcible entry he will not make, but expects when the Will shall bring him the keys of the Soul, as to its rightful owner. So he expresseth himself to us in