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If the Papists believed that they depart in peace, they would never say, that those which depart go to Purgatory: & so by their own saying, the worst part is behind.

If the Papists beleeued that they depart in peace, they wold neuer say, that those which depart go to Purgatorie: & so by their own saying, the worst part is behind.

Some say, this Purgatory is in the earth near to hell, and other say it is in the air near to heaven. Some say, they are punished there by fire, and some say by water, & some say by fire and water, and some say, that if it be in the earth, it is too far then from heaven to be saved. Others say, that if it be in the air, it is too far from hell to be damned. Some say, the good Angels torment, and other say, that the evil spirits do it. But we must understand, that it is a painted sepulchre, made rather for the living ⟨image 11⟩then for the dead. For the Locust of Rome ¹doth live altogether by such Trentals and by such traditions, and this is the profitablest dream that ever any of them dreamed, but it is manifest by the word of God, that where the tree falleth, there it lieth, & shall ²lye for ever. Dives and Lazarus are dead, & ³where they are, thither shall we all go. Satan hath many sleights to deceive us, of which this is one of the greatest, to bring us from the word of God to dreams, and traditions, and things invented by the brains of mortal men which have not the spirit of God in them.

Some say, this Purgatorie is in the earth neare to hell, and other say it is in the aire neare to heauen. Some say, they are punished there by fire, and some say by water, & some say by fire and water, and some say, that if it be in the earth, it is too farre then from heauen to be saued. Others say, that if it be in the aire, it is too farre from hell to be damned. Some say, the good Angelles torment, and other say, that the euill spirits do it. But we must vnderstand, that it is a painted sepulcher, made rather for the liuing