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Shecondly, I vill describe dish Purgatory to you.

Turdly, I vill show you de Pennance and Purgation of dat Purgatory.

And Lastly, Apply de doctrine to dish preshent occashion.

For proofs of de first ting den; Dat dere dish really such a plash ash Purgatory, or a Limbus Patrum, where de shouls of all our friends depart dish life, do go, and are purge from deir remaing shin and pollution: I need shay no more to you who are Catholics, den dish, Dat it ish a doctrine upheld by our unerring counshels, confirmed by de Pope himshelf, and stamped vid de able authority of de Shurch: Fat need you, who believe in dat Shurch already, any more proof for a doctrine, den dat she ish your Oracle, and your infallible Guide. She ish in de plash of your reason, senses, and understanding, and has power to shudge and decree, and determine, and dictate, and ordain, in all matters of doctrine, and all dat tend to your bodies and estates, and all dat do relate to dish vorld, or de next vorld to come; fat ever derefore she bid you sha: y, you must shay; fat ever she bid you do, you must do; without ever pretending to tink or shudge for yourshelves, as de hereticks shay, dat vid be blaspheming 'gainst her most holy autoritynay, it vid be most horrid impudence and damnable heresy.

But for de benefit and conviction of oder denominations, who pretend to see vi' deir own eyes,