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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.
To this purpose Dr. Sterne alleges several instances out of Scripture, as that appearance of Samuel unto Saul, and the conference betwixt them, as also the Letters that were sent to Jehoram, by Elijah, after that Elijah was translated to Heaven, as appears by comparing 2 Chron. 21.12. with 2 Kings 3.11. In which it appears that in Jehoshaphat's time who preceded this Jehoram, Elijah was dead, and yet in Jehoram's time who succeeded him, he is said to receive Letters from Elijah. The appearance and conference also betwixt Christ and Moses and Elijah upon the Mount in the presence of some of the Disciples confirms it, Matth. 17.3.
To this purpose Dr. Sterne alledges several instances out of Scripture, as that appearance of Samuel unto Saul, and the conference betwixt them, as also the Letters that were sent to Iehoram, by Elijah, after that Elijah was translated to Heaven, as appears by comparing 2 Chron. 21.12. with 2 Kings 3.11. In which it appears that in Iehosaphat's time who preceded this Iehoram, Elijah was dead, and yet in Iehoram's time who succeeded him, he is said to receive Letters from Elijah. The appearance and conference also betwixt Christ and Moses and Elias upon the Mount in the presence of some of the Disciples confirms it, Matth. 17.3.
These are principal Scripture-instances: others are almost innumerable. From among that vast heap I will select some few that are most material, and of clearest credit.