By John Flavel.
A Treatise of the Soul of Man.
In eight Chapters
By John Flavel.
About the Author:
John Flavel (1627-1691) was an English Presbyterian minister and author, known for his devotional writings and sermons. He served as a pastor in the town of Dartmouth, England, and was a prominent figure in the Puritan movement of the 17th century.
From the Epistle Dedicatory:
Dear Reader,
“Among all the creatures in this lower world, none deserves to be styled great, but man; and in man nothing is found worthy of that epithet, but his soul.” The study, and knowledge of his soul was, therefore, always reckoned a rich andnecessary improvement of time. All ages have magnified these two words, “Know yourself as an oracle descending from Heaven.”
“No knowledge, says Bernard, is better than that whereby we know ourselves; leave other matters therefore, and search yourself; run through yourself, make a stand in yourself; let your thoughts, as it were, circulate, begin and end in yourself; Strain not your thoughts in vain about other things, yourself being neglected.
The study and knowledge of Jesus Christ must still be allowed to be the most excellent and necessary: But yet the worth and necessity of Christ is unknown to men, until the value, wants, and dangers of their own souls be first discovered to them.
Contents:
Chapter 1. — Genesis 2:7 — And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Chapter 2. — Revelation 6:9-11 — And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Chapter 3. — Ephesians 5:29 — For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
Chapter 4. — 2 Peter 1:13,14 — Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
Chapter 5. — Hebrews 12:23 — To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
Chapter 6. — 1 Peter 3:19 — By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
Chapter 7. — Matthew 16:26 — For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Chapter 8. — Ephesians 5:16 — making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
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