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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.
II. The Soul of Man: About which, we have before us four things to ponder in this Text, viz. (1.) The Nature and Property, the Soul of Man. (2.) The Descent, and Original, the Soul of Man. (3.) The manner of Infusion, the Soul of Man. (4.) The Nexus or bond that unites the Soul of Man.
(1.) The Nature and Property of it, a living Soul. The word [Greek or Hebrew], as also the Chaldee Naph-sha, and the Greek [Greek or Hebrew] have one and the same Etymology, all signifying to breathe, or respire. Not, that the breath is the Soul, but denoting the manner of its Infusion by the breath of God, and the means of its continuation in the body, by the breath of our nostrils. Gods breath infused it, and our breath continues its union with the Body. It signifies here the rational soul, and the Hebrew word [Greek or Hebrew] a Soul, hath a very near affinity with the word [Greek or Hebrew] the heavens, and indeed there is a nearer affinity betwixt the things, viz. Soul, and Heaven, than there is betwixt the Names.
(1.) The Nature and Property of it, a living Soul. The word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, as also the Chaldee Naph-sha, and the Greek 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 have one and the same Etymology, all signifying to breathe, or respire. Not, that the breath is the Soul, but denoteing the manner of its Infusion by the breath of God, and the means of its continuation in the body, by the breath of our nostrils. Gods breath infused it, and our breath continues its union with the Body. It signifies here the rational soul, and the Hebrew word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 a Soul, hath a very near affinity with the word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 the heavens, and indeed there is a nearer affinity betwixt the things, viz. Soul, and Heaven, than there is betwixt the Names.