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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.
§. 5.
As for the habits of grace which accompany it to Heaven, it would much facilitate our apprehension of it, if we but compare acquired and infused habits with each other. 'Tis true, they are of different Natures and Originals, but the Soul is the subject of them both, and their inhesion and improvement is much after the same manner.
Take we then an acquired habit into consideration, which is nothing else, but a permanent Quality rendering the subject of it prompt and ready to perform a work with ease: Suppose that of Music, or Writing, and we shall find these habits to be safely lodged in the Soul, as well when the body is laid into ⟨p. 245⟩the deepest sleep, which is the Image of death, as when it is awake and most active; for they are both Artists when asleep, and need learn no new Rules to play, or write when you awake them: which shows the habits to be permanently rooted in their minds.
Take we then an acquired habit into consideration, which is nothing else, but a permanent Quality rendering the subject of it prompt and ready to perform a work with ease: Suppose that of Musick, or Writing, and we shall find these habits to be safely lodged in the Soul, as well when the body is laid into ⟨p. 245⟩the deepest sleep, which is the Image of death, as when it is awake and most active; for they are both Artists when asleep, and need learn no new Rules to play, or write when you awake them: which shews the habits to be permanently rooted in their minds.