pun,fhe: us indeed (orchafiens us ra<her) and that fon:ecimes w~ll anrl !barply, alter A the rem1!1ion of our offence..Nor char he may g1ye h~mfelfe famf.1aion ofus (for how can irbe fopleafingro h1m, that 1t !bouldbeJII wnh us?) buttharhemay confirme Ul ro himfelfe, char hemay amend us: He !ayes no firokeupon liS witha rer<nging hand, bur with a fatherly. We fuffer therefore now, bur we fat isfie nor. This is proper onely ro rhat erernoll Priell, and to his eternall Prieflhood, and isn~ more communicable toSaiors and Angels, than his own perfon; And certainly that which ' ,.. was his pan, he hnthperfonned; he harh redeemed us from the cmfeofthelawand part ofthe. Le~.all punilbmem is this temporall r~venge: For liS therefore to giv; hands to them m thiS , 11 were no better than perfid1ous, and !bamefully rraiterous. M'"'"·••·•· And ifit be more than manifefi, thatthiscannot be done, either by our owne torH'" ,dw. «· mem; infliCl:ed, or good workes performed(how penall foever) how much leffe fhall ipiwn. Non nt· it be cffe[red byothersl There is noneofthe Saints which will not juftly rake up that B ~!:/~"!:t ;::· anfwer of ~he wifcr Virgi~s, There will not be enou_g~ for you and for u:· . Butas p" imp"f'Di· Hirrome find well; There IS noneed ofany greatconv1Cl:10n, where theopmiCn car- : ;;Jfbmriesblafphemy in rhe face. SECT. XI. Concerning Purgatoi',J. LIPon <hi; conceit of Satisfaaions, depend thofeother fables ofPurgarory and Indulgences;pleaGmr ones borh,and nor unworrhy ofa Satyre:"hereof foofr as I 1hinke, I cannotbur remember the fcornfull frumpeofLNthrr, alluding to that ofthe Prophet, Domine non poffNoJ vefci jlercore lmmano : yer ifthey C had only doub1fully & probkmatically cornmended their Purgatory ro the Church, we might eafily have favoured them with aconnivence; although you cannor fay, whether it would have been morewonhy to fer the fpleen on work for laughrer, or <hebowels for commifemion: Bur now when lieii#T.teachesus,rhar it pertaim to rhe Catholike faith, and our Fijher of Rochefier will have it alrogerhrr necdfary to be knowne uod beleeved; we cannot enrenaine his prefumpruous folly, without indignation. How miferably theScriprures arewreftedro this purpofe, ifany School-boy Hi,. PJ•li». could nor eafily fee, hewerewonhyofwhipping. As Hierome faid ofthe Heredkes ~az;,~1~~c;: ofhistime , They frame fomeun~ttiog re.fiimonies to ~heir owne fenfe; as ifit were cunq11~ in":Jita 1 worthy, and not rarher an abommable ktnde ofreachmg)codeprave fentences,and D •[•<Hi,mm.Jo ro dragge<he Scriptures perforce to their 01vn bent: Neither are rheancient Fathers ;;{r:;,!m';n. berterufe<j in their citation; ofwhich, Origeo, Am!Jroft, HilarJ, L~fJanth11, NijfonJeuntur, ad~d~t- rome, gave intimationofaquireotherPurgacory, from the Romifh. AHg11jfinefpeaks ~:~~~1t,r'~~~ ofir, ar pcr~dven~ure~ \\'averingly,uncertainly; T~e ~efl: never dreamed ofany at 311: ,m;",;1,,'1,.. Bur yeti m1fiake 1t; Now I remember, S. Plato IS Ctted by A•Jim and E•Jthiw, for (ll;:t,iwp4ludcm the Patron ofthis op1nion: ~md whoknowes nor, that S.HG1/Jtr and S.ll'irgilare fiat :;;;:;~~: ;t;~, for it: y et rhis fire never began ~o bu.rn~ out, bur i~ Grtg~r~u. rime; and.fince rhar)~he h'b''"''• 1'"- ambonty of !he Alcoran harh nor a !m) emended 1t :ThiS rs If that the~t Rochejltrm- ('";{'1" ~~- genuoufly confcffed of old, that rhis Purgatory flame c' me but larely to rheknowj::.ia;~'::.s~ .."· ledd~c ofrhe Church: bmforus,rhat ofS.PAul Chall never be wrung from our hands, '"m l '"ifiwi, (i•'"i"')'t-<(l·,) If,or when rhis ear<hly houfefi1all be diffolved, we have a building, nor E f.(,b.dt "'~ made with hands, crernoll, in the Heavens: And when is thisSainr Pa•/J(iO.)S. Jobn par.E.van~J.J, lball incerpret it ;(tvTo~rivurTtta.'tr;"-'f71) Thofe that dye A modo, from hencefoJth; and ' ·' 1' ·d . . when is !his A 1JJO/lo1To daythottjhali hewithme,fairh Chrift; even inftamly upon the ~;;7;. 1.:-~~~~;: e~retTeofrhe foule. Ler themcommend rheirfoulestoGod, faithS. Pettr: Bmwhar • •;&virJif. ofrhar? that which do<h m<erly quench our this fabulousfire, thecounrerfrit 84- •;•; ;::~:: lomo;,, ( t~ough true to thePapifts) addes, Thefo•les of the riglteo~t nre i•tbe b.,J of A,P«"·l4· ' 3· Gcd,and 110 tonhtnt jbat toNchthem: Beholdthen,eirherthe foulswirhcur 3 Purgatory, wifd.p • or aPorgJtory without pain: But what flickweat this? Let!he Popilh Dollo" w~erher a~ree amon~ rhemfelves, ofthe fire of~heir Pm~a.rory,the <ormrm' cf<hr_Sobiccr, or <he duration· of1he cxecmioners,ol thecondlllon of<he fouiS!h<redetamed; I & then afrerwardsl~t rhem look for cur ofl"enr: In the mean time,why isit notasfree for
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