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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.
But these heavenly gifts are neglected and abused all the World over. Degenerate Souls are every where fallen into so deep an Oblivion of their excellent Original, Spiritual and Immortal nature; and alliance to the Father of Spirits: That (to use the upbraiding expression of a great 1Philosopher) they seem to be buried in their Bodies, as so many silly Worms, that lurk in their holes, and are loth to peep forth and look abroad.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew], &c. Max. Tyr. Diss. 41.〈non-Latin alphabet〉, &c. Max. Tyr. Diss. 41.
So powerfully do the Cares and Pleasures of this World charm all (except a small remnant of regenerate Souls) that nothing but some smart stroke of Calamity, or the terrible Messengers of death can startle them: (and even these are not always able to do it) and when they do, all the effect is but a transient glance at another, and an unwilling shrug to leave this World; and so to sleep again: And thus the Impressions and Sentiments of the World to come, ⟨image 10⟩(which are the natural growth and Off-spring of the Soul) are either stifled and supperest, as in Atheists; or born down by impetuous masterly lusts, as in Sensualists.
So powerfully do the Cares and Pleasures of this World charm all (except a small remnant of regenerate Souls) that nothing but some smart stroke of Calamity, or the terrible Messengers of death can startle them: (and even these are not always able to do it) and when they do, all the effect is but a transient glance at another, and an unwilling shrug to leave this World; and so to sleep again: And thus the Impressions and Sentiments of the World to come, ⟨image 10⟩