Walking awhile in this Hall,
and admiring the Beauty of its Structure, he saw the Inclosure, whose
Structure he also admired as being more Beautiful. Wherefore having
gone into it he sat down, and Casting his Eyes about him to take a
full View, he observed fifteen Men clad in white Garments, shorn and
dress'd like Monks, coming in, who saluted him in the name of the
Lord, and sat down. Then after a short pause, he that seem'd to be
their Prior and Chief, spoke to him after this Manner: 'Blessed be
the Omnipotent God, who put the good purpose into thy Heart of coming
into this Purgatory for the cleansing of thy sins: But if thou doest
not behave thyself Manly, thou shalt perish both Body and Soul. For
immediately after we leave this House there will come a multitude of
unclean Spirits, who shall inflict great Torments upon thee, and
threaten thee with greater: They will promise to lead thee to the
Door, by which thou hast enter'd in here, to see if by this means
they might deceive thee, and get thee to go out. And if thou be
overcome by the violence of their Torments, or frightened by their
Threats, or deceiv'd by their Promise, and consent to their Demands,
thou shalt be destroy'd both Body and Soul. But if thou be strong in
Faith, and trust in the Lord, so as not to yield to their Torments,
or Threats, or Promise; but despise them with a generous Heart, thou
shalt not only be purged of all thy Sins, but shall also see the
Torments which Sinners endure, and the Place of Rest and Bliss which
the Just enjoy.
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