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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.
Must we put off these Tabernacles of Flesh?1 How necessary is it that every Soul look out in season, and make provision for another habitation. If you must be turned out of one house, you must provide another or lie in the streets. This the Apostle comforted himself with, that if unclothed, he should not be found naked, 2 Cor. 5.1. a building of God, an house not made with hands. You must turn out, and that shortly, from these earthly Habitations; O what provision have you made for your Souls against that day? The Soul of Adrian was at a sad loss, when he saw he must be turned out of this World. O Animula vagula, blandula, heu quo vadis? But it was Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob's Privilege, that God had pre••••d for them a City, Heb. 11.16.
MUst we put off these Tabernacles of Flesh?1 How necessary is it that every Soul look out in season, and make provision for another habitation. If you must be turned out of one house, you must provide another or lie in the streets. This the Apostle comforted himself with, that if uncloathed, he should not be found naked, 2 Cor. 5.1. a building of God, an house not made with hands. You must turn out, and that shortly, from these earthly Habitations; O what provision have you made for your Souls against that day? The Soul of Adrian was at a sad loss, when he saw he must be turn'd out of this World. O Animula vagula, blandula, heu quo vadis? But it was Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob's Priviledge, that God had pre••••d for them a City, Heb. 11.16.
- 1Many cry out on a death-bed, O •end for Ministers and Christians to pray! Alas! What can they do then? Is that a time for so great a work to be shuffled up in a hurry amidst distractions and Agonies?