But some one will say, How are the dead raised
up? Oh, what disbelief! Oh, what folly! Will He,
Who at His solitary will changed earth into body, Who commanded the
little drop of seed to grow in the mother’s womb and become in
the end this varied and manifold organ of the body, not the rather
raise up again at His solitary will that which was and is
dissolved? And with what body do they come 1 Cor. xv. 35.? Thou fool, if thy hardness
will not permit you to believe the words of God, at least believe His
works Epiph., Ancor.,
n. 93.. For that which thou sowest is
not quickened except it die 1 Cor. xv. 35..
And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be,
but bare grain, it may chance of wheat or of some other grain.
But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased Him, and to every seed his
own body Ibid. 36, 37, 38.. Behold,
therefore, how the seed is buried in the furrows as in tombs. Who
is it that giveth them roots and stalk and leaves and ears and the most
delicate beards? Is it not the Maker of the universe? Is it
not at the bidding of Him Who hath contrived all things? Believe,
therefore, in this wise, even that the resurrection of the dead will
come to pass at the divine will and sign. For He has power that
is able to keep pace with His will.