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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 PREFACE.
Among many other Largesses and rich Endowments bestowed by the Creators bounty upon the Soul of Man, the *Sentiments and impressions of the World to come, and the ability of reflection and self-intuition; are peculiar, invaluable, and heavenly gifts. By the former, we have a very great Evidence of our own immortality, and designation for nobler employments and enjoyments than this embodied state admits; and by the latter we may discern the agreeableness, or disagreeableness of our hearts, and therein the validity of our title to that expected blessedness.
AMong many other Largesses and rich Endowments bestowed by the Creators bounty upon the Soul of Man, the *Sentiments and impressions of the World to come, and the ability of reflection and self-intuition; are peculiar, invaluable, and heavenly gifts. By the former, we have a very great Evidence of our own immortality, and designation for nobler employments and enjoyments than this imbodied state admits; and by the latter we may discern the agreeableness, or disagreeableness of our hearts, and therein the validity of our title to that expected blessedness.
- *Demonstravimus à commune omnium jam inde à condito orb gentium ac popul•rum, pr•sertim b•n• rum & literatorum Consensione; animam humanam incorruptibilem & immortalem esse; •oque, corrupto corpore, ip•um •anere superstitem; ut in sempiternum aut pro benefactuà Deo coronetur, aut pro malefactors puniatur. Zanch. de Almarum immortaltate, p. 653.