LXVII. De luxuriae poenis purgatoriis.
LXVII. De luxuriae poenis purgatoriis.
And I saw a great shame, burning with the strongest heat, and the whole place was soaked with the foulest venom and stinking sulfur, from which even the most wicked strength boiled, so that it was moved by the infection of those, and it gave off great noises. And their souls were tormented by these punishments, because while they were in their bodies, they served luxury and fornication. For the fire of lust, they suffered this fire; and because of the pleasure of impurity they became infected with this poison; and for their incessant wicked deeds, they were punished with the same sulfur.
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Et vidi maximum ignom, fortissimo ardore ardentem, et totum pessimo veneiio ac foetente sulphure perfusum, de quorum etiam nequissima fortitudine fof-» titer fervebat, ita quod etiam infectione istorum commotus, magnos crepitus dabat.
Et animae illorum his poenis torquebantur, qui dum in corporibus suis fuissent, luxuriae et fornicationi servierant.
Nam propter incendium luxuriae, ignem istum passae sunt; et propter delectationem immunditiae, quam in ea exercuerant, veneno hoc infectae sunt; et propter incessabile facinorosum opus ipsius, eodem sulphure puniebantur.
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