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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 Immortality of the Soul is here asserted, proved, and vindicated from the most considerable Objections, so that it will evidently appear to you, by this Discourse, you do not cease to be, when you cease to breathe: And seeing they will over-live all Temporal Enjoyments, they must necessarily perish, as to all their Joys, Comforts, and Hopes, (which is all the Death that can be incident to an Immortal ⟨image 7⟩Spirit) if they be not in the proper season secured and provided of that never-perishing food of Souls, God in Christ, their Portion for ever.
Here you will find the Grounds and Reasons of that strong inclination which you all feel them to have to your Bodies, and the necessity (notwithstanding that) of their divorce and separation from their beloved Bodies; and that it would manifestly be to their prejudice if it should be otherwise. And to overcome the unreasonable Aversations of Believers, and bring them to a more becoming cheerful submission to the Laws of death, whensoever the Writ of Ejection shall be served upon them: You will here find a representation of that blessed life, comely order, and most delightful employment of the incorporeal People inhabiting the City of God; wherein, beside those sweet Meditations which are proper to feast your hungry affections; you will meet with divers unusual, though not vain or unuseful Questions stated and resolved; which will be a grateful entertainment to your inquisitive and searching minds.
Here you will find the Grounds and Reasons of that strong inclination which you all feel them to have to your Bodies, and the necessity (notwithstanding that) of their divorce and separation from their beloved Bodies; and that it would manifestly be to their prejudice if it should be otherwise. And to overcome the unreasonable Aversations of Believers, and bring them to a more becoming chearful submission to the Laws of death, whensoever the Writ of Ejection shall be served upon them: You will here find a representation of that blessed life, comely order, and most delightful employment of the incorporeal People inhabiting the City of God; wherein, beside those sweet Meditations which are proper to feast your hungry affections; you will meet with divers unusual, though not vain or unuseful Questions stated and resolved; which will be a grateful entertainment to your inquisitive and searching minds.