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 ...

Inference IV.

MUst we shortly put off these our Tabernacles? Then slack your pace, and cool your selves; be not too eager in the prosecution of earthly Designs. O what Bustling is here for the World, and for provisions for futurity, when as far less would serve the turn: We need not victual a Ship to cross the Chanel to France, as if she were bound to the Indies. Most mens Provisions, at least their cares and thoughts are far beyond the preparations of their Abode in this World. The folly of this, Christ discovers in that Parable, Luke 12.19. and on this very account gives him the Title of a Fool, who provided for years, many years, when, poor soul! he had not one night to enjoy those Provisions.

O the multitude of thoughts and cares this World need∣lessly devours! We keep our selves in such a continual hur∣ry and crowd of cares, thoughts and imployments about the concerns of the Body; that we can find little time to be alone, communing with our own hearts about our great Concernments in Eternity. It is with many of us in respect of our Souls, and their great Interests, as it is with a man that is deep in thoughts about some Subject that wholly swallows him up, he seeth not what he seeth, nor heareth what he heareth of any other matter: His eyes seem to look upon this or that, but it's all one, as if he did not. So it was with Archimedes, who was so intent in drawing his Ma∣thematical Scheams, that though all the City was in an Allarm, the Enemy had taken it by Storm, the Streets filled with dreadful cries, and dead Bodies, the Soldiers came into his particular house, nay, entred his very study, and pluckt him by the sleeve, before he took any notice of it: Even so many mens hearts are so profoundly immersed and drown∣ed in earthly cares, thoughts, projects, or pleasures, that death must come to their very houses, yea, and pull them by the sleeve, and tell them its Errand, before they will begin to awake, and come to a serious consideration of things more important.