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Purgatory Surveyed : or, A particular account of the happy, and yet thrice unhappy, state of the souls there ...

CONTENTS. Preface v Additional Note xi A Prefatory Address to the Catholic Reader xi THE FIRST SURVEY. Purgatory is laid open, with all the hellish pains with which the souls are tormented 1 Section 1. — Of the fire of Purgatory, and pain of sense Section 2. — Of the worm, and pain of loss 13 Section 3. — Other considerations, much aggravating these pains 25 Section 4. — How long the souls are detained in Purgatory 33 Section 5. — Whether their pains grow less and less 41 Section 6. — A notable example in confirmation of all the preceding doctrine 44 THE SECOND SURVEY. A glimpse of the Paradise of Purgatory, or of the ineffable joys and heavenly consolations of the souls there 47 Section 1. — How these excessive joys can be consistent with their unspeakable torments 48 Section 2. — Two grounds of their comforts; the double assurance they have of their salvation, and impeccability 52 Section 3. — More grounds of comfort, arising from their voluntarily suffering, their disinterested love of God, and exact conformity with His holy will 58 Section 4. — Another comfortable consideration, drawn from the desire they have to make themselves worthy of the sight of God 68 Section 5. — Their

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