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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 the true level and aim of this discourse is at an higher mark, viz the far more excellent, free and noble life the Souls of the just begin to live immediately after their Bodies are dropped off from them by death, at which time they begin to live like themselves, a pleasant free and divine life. So much at least is included in the Apostle Epithet in my Text, Spirits of the just made perfect, and suitable thereto are his words in 1 Cor. 13.10.12. When that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. For now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then shall I know, even as I am known.
But the true level and aim of this discourse is at an higher mark, viz the far more excellent, free and noble life the Souls of the just begin to live immediately after their Bodies are dropt off from them by death, at which time they begin to live like themselves, a pleasant free and divine life. So much at least is included in the Apostle Epithete in my Text, Spirits of the just made perfect, and suitable thereto are his words in 1 Cor. 13.10.12. When that which is p•rfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. For now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then shall I know, even as I am known.
These two Adverbs, Now, and Then, distinguish the twofold state of gracious Souls, and show what it is whilst they are confined in the Body, and what it shall be from the time of their emancipation and freedom from that clog of mortality. Now we are imperfect, but then that which is perfect takes place, and that which is imperfect is done away; as the imperfect twilight is done away, by the opening of the perfect day.
These two Adverbs, Now, and Then, distinguish the twofold state of gracious Souls, and shew what it is whilst they are confined in the Body, and what it shall be from the time of their emancipation and freedom from that clogg of mortality. Now we are imperfect, but then that which is perfect takes place, and that which is imperfect is done away; as the imperfect twilight is done away, by the opening of the perfect day.