39. So, then, death is not only not an evil,
but is even a good thing. So that it is sought as a good, as it
is written: “Men shall seek death and shall not find
it.” Rev. ix. 6. They will
seek it who shall say to the mountains: “Fall on us, and to
the hills, Cover us.” S. Luke xxiii. 30. That soul,
too, shall seek it which has sinned. That rich man lying in hell
shall seek it,
who
wishes that his tongue should be cooled with the finger of
Lazarus. S. Luke xvi. 24.