Purgatory Surveyed
Subtitle: or, A particular account of the happy, and yet thrice unhappy, state of the souls there
Publisher: Burns and Oates
Published: 1874
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: Preface v; title: Additional Note xi; title: A Prefatory Address to the Catholic Reader xi; title: THE FIRST SURVEY.; title: Purgatory is laid open, with all the hellish pains with which the souls are tormented 1; title: Section 1. — Of the fire of Purgatory, and pain of sense; title: Section 2. — Of the worm, and pain of loss 13; title: Section 3. — Other considerations, much aggravating these pains 25; title: Section 4. — How long the souls are detained in Purgatory 33; title: Section 5. — Whether their pains grow less and less 41; title: Section 6. — A notable example in confirmation of all the preceding doctrine 44; title: THE SECOND SURVEY.; title: A glimpse of the Paradise of Purgatory, or of the ineffable joys and heavenly consolations of the souls there 47; title: Section 1. — How these excessive joys can be consistent with their unspeakable torments 48; title: Section 2. — Two grounds of their comforts; the double assurance they have of their salvation, and impeccability 52; title: Section 3. — More grounds of comfort, arising from their voluntarily suffering, their disinterested love of God, and exact conformity with His holy will 58; title: Section 4. — Another comfortable consideration, drawn from the desire they have to make themselves worthy of the sight of God 68; title: Section 5. — Their suffering without merit, and the free exercise of their virtues without impediment, are to them special motives of comfort 71; title: Section 6. — They joy in the continual decrease of their pains, and influence of pure heavenly consolations 76; title: THE THIRD SURVEY.; title: That there is not in this world a more eminent or prudent act of fraternal charity, than to help the souls in Purgatory 81; title: Section 1. — The greatness of the charity to the souls in Purgatory is argued from the greatness of their pains and their helpless condition 84; title: Section 2. — Our charity for the souls departed is preferred before all other works of mercy 88; title: Section 3. — Of the great advantages we receive by this devotion for the souls departed 95; title: THE FOURTH SURVEY.; title: Of the powerful means to quench the flames of Purgatory 106; title: Section 1. — What succour they receive from the Angels and Saints in heaven 107; title: Section 2. — Whether they are capable of being relieved by one another's prayers 111; title: Section 3. — That the dead may receive help from us that are living, and how we must be qualified to do them good 117; title: Section 4. — Of the particular ways we have to help them 123; title: Section 5. — Certain questions resolved, about the application and distribution of our suffrages 132; title: Section 6. — How dangerous it is to trust others with wbat concerns the sweet rest of our souls in the next world 138; title: Section 7. — Some motives, fetched even as far as the other world, to stir us up to be mindful of the dead 143.; title: THE FIFTH SURVEY.; title: How all antiquity was ever devoted to pray for the dead 153; title: Section 1. — Of the natural instinct of all nations to honour and comfort the dead 155; title: Section 2. — The constant practice of the Church in all ages, to pray for the dead 162; title: Section 3. — A continuation of the same subject, from the sixth age after Christ unto our days 168; title: THE SIXTH SURVEY.; title: Of twelve excellent means to prevent Purgatory, or so to provide for ourselves, as not to make any long stay there 176; title: Section 1. — The first, Perfect Contrition 176; title: Section 2. — The second, to die in Religion 178; title: Section 3. — The third, to be an Apostolical Preacher 182; title: Section 4. — The fourth, to Serve the Infected 187; title: Section 5. — The fifth, a Tender Devotion to the Blessed Virgin 191; title: Section 6. — The sixth, an Humble Patience 195; title: Section 7. — The seventh, Devotion for the Souls in Purgatory 195; title: Section 8. — The eighth, to be a great Alms-giver 201; title: Section 9. — The ninth, Angelical Purity 205; title: Section 10. — The tenth, a Profound Humility 210; title: Section 11. — The eleventh, to Communicate well and often 212; title: Section 12. — The twelfth, a Faithful and Exact Obedience 217; title: THE CONCLUSION.; title: Many curious and important questions are incidently resolved under this head 235