Religion
Book I, 15: On Dives
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book I
Religion
That drop-requesting Dives did desire
His Brothers might have warning of that Fire,
Whose flames he felt: Could he, a Fiend, wish well
To Man? What, is there Charity in Hell?
Each Soule that's damned is a Brand of fire,
To make Hell so much hotter; And the nigher
In blood or love they be, that are tormented,
The more their paines & torments are augmented:
No wonder then, if Dives did desire,
His Brothers might have warning of that Fire
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