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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.
God will not only have his people brought home to him safely, but honourably. They shall come to their Fathers house in a becoming Equipage, as the Children of a King. This puts honour upon our Ascension day, that day is adorned by the attendance of such illustrious Creatures upon us. 'Tis no small honour which God herein designs for us, that Creatures of greater dignity than our selves, shall be sent from Heaven to attend and wait upon us thither.
God will not only have his people brought home to him safely, but honourably. They shall come to their Fathers house in a becoming Equipage, as the Children of a King. This puts honour upon our Ascension day, that day is adorned by the attendance of such illustrious Creatures upon us. 'Tis no small honour which God herein designes for us, that Creatures of greater dignity than our selves, shall be sent from Heaven to attend and wait upon us thither.
Yea, That our Ascension day should in this resemble Christ's Ascension, is an honour indeed. When he ascended, there were multitudes of these heavenly Creatures to wait upon him, Psal. 68.17, 18. The Chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of Angels; the Lord is among them as in Sinai, in the holy place. Thou hast ascended on high, &c. A Cloud was prepared as a Royal Chariot to carry up the King of Glory to his Princely Pavilion, and then a Royal Guard of mighty Angels to wait upon his Chariot, if not for support, yet for the greater State and Solemnity of their Lords Ascension. And Oh what Jubilations of blessed Angels were heard that day in Heaven! How was the whole ⟨p. 204⟩City of God moved at his coming! the Triumph is not ended to this day, no, nor ever shall.
Yea, That our Ascension day should in this resemble Christ's Ascension, is an honour indeed. When he ascended, there were multitudes of these heavenly Creatures to wait upon him,