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 since are his successors, and all descended from him by a right line of ecclesiastick genealogy. You vill understand de ting better, when I vill illustrate her to you by de following similitude; You all know Mr. Harrison's house upon de Miravel, phen you vill go in, dere is de parlour upon one hand, dere is de kitchen upon t'oder, dere ish de hall in de middle. Vell den, de parlour ish Heaven, de kitchen ish Hell, and de hall ish Purgatory in de middle; when any van like myshelf, who ish in de habit of a shentleman, dat ish who is a Roman Catholic, goes in he vill be shown to de parlour, but before he ish entitled to enter, he must wipe, and rub, and clean his foot upon a mat which lie dere for dat purpose; dat ish, he must do de pennance and purgation of dat turd plash, dat ish he must have money upon his pocket too, to pay his reckoning; or he vill not be admitted into de parlour. Dish ish, he must pay de clergy for praying him out of Purgatory, or by my shoul, Peter vill not let him enter into de kingdom of Heaven: you know vell enough, if a man has money upon his pocket, spends lavishly, nor pays well, Mr. Harrison, nor any oder inn-keeper vill be very civil upon him, take him into his parlour, show him a great deal of courtesy and good manners, and vill vait upon him vid every ting he'll vants: but if he's poor, nor vill not pay, he vill shut de door upon him, nor kick him out.—It is shust so my my friends vid Peter, if you pay de clergy vell, and support de Shurch, Peter vil come vid his cap in his hand, open de gates and welcome you dere, but if you are poor nor won't pay, by de Holy Cross! he vill shut de door upon you, nor kick you out