A39675:923
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.
Argument II.
THE Church triumphant and militant are but one Body,(2) and by how much better the triumphant are than the militant, by so much the more propense they are to succour and help the other that stand in need of it. This being the case, we cannot imagine but they are inclined to perform all good Offices for us; for else they should do less for us now they are in a state of highest perfection in Heaven, than they did, or were willing to do in their imperfect state on Earth.
- (2)Ecclesia est corpus unum, cujus membra quo meliora, to magis ad aliis) ejusdem corporis membris o•it•landum sunt propensa; hujus autem corporis pars altera est triumphans in coelis, altera militans in terris: illa melior, hec opis magis indiga, &c.
Argument III.
A Will or Testament (as Ulpian defines it) is the just sentence or declaration of our minds concerning that which we would have done after our decease.