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Mr. Boltons last and learned worke of the foure last things, death ...

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at <strong>the</strong> f4(mr»&9ftA\hohon,"«*""""^R«»"«»«1I»»>« ^<strong>the</strong> foulespf<strong>the</strong>rightcoBS dying m fahh bccari^din*ftantly into hcaven,as well as <strong>the</strong> foule <strong>of</strong>a man new -ly baptised comming to that holy Sacrament in duemanner, <strong>and</strong> dying before he hath committed a newakhongh he was full <strong>of</strong>finnc before ^ <strong>the</strong>re is n<strong>of</strong>in,queftion<strong>of</strong>this lattcTj<strong>and</strong> why (hould <strong>the</strong>re be <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>former ^ And if<strong>the</strong>y cannot goto Heaven becaufbGods jufiice muft be fatisfiediWhat will becom <strong>of</strong>alltl^<strong>of</strong>e that dica little before <strong>the</strong> judgements &muchmore is <strong>the</strong> difficulty increafcd in th<strong>of</strong>e which pafFc ina moment from moitalitie to immorralitie,at<strong>the</strong> verycomming <strong>of</strong>Je s v s Ch r i sr.But ] marvel not if Papiftsdo contend for this Purgatory, as being indeedone <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong>beft fires that ever (he Pope <strong>and</strong> his Clergiehave had for <strong>the</strong> heating <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong>ir kitchins. For letthis be granted that <strong>the</strong>re is fuch a fire, <strong>and</strong> that thttorments <strong>the</strong>re <strong>and</strong> in <strong>the</strong> place <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> damned diflFerbut in duration, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>re are no torments in thisworld compavableto th<strong>of</strong>e in Purgatory ; let <strong>the</strong>irPreachers tell <strong>the</strong>ir people fuch a fupp<strong>of</strong>ition as thisis, if a foule had becne tormented in Purgatory thirtyyeares, <strong>and</strong> had by an Angell a choifeeithcr to ftay 7>}fciputiu dein Purgatory one day lor^,or toreturneinto<strong>the</strong>bo- jf'»^«'^Ar.^«.''^'^*' *dy <strong>and</strong> do this penance a hundred yeares toge<strong>the</strong>r, t(>tread only on iron nailes which will pierce <strong>the</strong> feet,to drinke gall minglrd with vineger, <strong>and</strong> to eat <strong>the</strong>tomfeft bread, to be cloathcd with Camels haire, tolie on <strong>the</strong> ground, <strong>and</strong> inftead <strong>of</strong> a boiler to have ahard ftone for a pillow,<strong>the</strong> foule would ra<strong>the</strong>r do thispenance a hundred yeares toge<strong>the</strong>r, <strong>the</strong>n to endure in Apoc«. j.Purgatory one day ,fairh <strong>the</strong>ir Preacher. Bythis<strong>and</strong>fuch like dodrinciB,thc Gonfcfcnces <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong>ir difcip!«sX> arc

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