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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.
AT the tenth verse of this Chapter, The Apostle sums up his foregoing precepts and exhortations in one great and most important duty, the making sure of their calling and election. This exhortation he enforceth on them by a most solemn and weighty motive, ver. 11. Even an abundant entrance into the everlasting Kingdom. No work of greater necessity or difficulty, than to make sure our Salvation, no argument more forcible and prevalent than an easy and free entrance into Glory at death, an [Greek or Hebrew], a sweet and comfortable dissolution, to enter the Port of glory before a wind, with our full lading of comfort, peace and joy in believing, our Sails full, and our Streamers flying: Oh how much better is this than to lye Wind-bound, I mean heart-bound at the Harbours mouth! tossed up and down with fears, doubts, and manifold temptations, making many a board to fetch the harbour; for so much is signified in his figurative and allusive expression, v. 11.
AT the tenth verse of this Chapter, The Apostle sums up his foregoing precepts and exhortations in one great and most important duty, the making sure of their calling and election. This exhortation he enforceth on them by a most solemn and weighty motive, ver. 11. Even an abundant entrance into the everlasting Kingdom. No work of greater necessity or difficulty, than to make sure our Salvation, no argument more forceable and prevalent than an easy and free enterance into Glory at death, an 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, a sweet and comfortable dissolution, to enter the Port of glory before a wind, with our full ladeing of comfort, peace and joy in believing, our Sails full, and our Streamers flying: Oh how much better is this than to lye Wind-bound, I mean heart-bound at the Harbours mouth! tost up and down with fears, doubts, and manifold temptations, making many a board to fetch the harbour; for so much is signified in his figurative and allusive expression, v. 11.
And for their encouragement in this great and difficult work, he engageth himself by promise, to give them all the assistance he can, whilst God should continue his life, and knowing that would be but a little while, he resolves to use his utmost endeavour to secure these things in their Memories,