Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V For he declares, "That which thou sowest cannot be quickened, unless first it die."[40] Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh And with a felicitous sally he proceeds at once to illustrate the point, as if an objector had plied him with some such question. "Thou fool," says he, "that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die."[391] Octavius of Minucius Felix The sun sinks down and arises, the stars pass away and return, the flowers die and revive again, after their win-try decay the shrubs resume their leaves, seeds do not flourish again. unless they are rotted:[112] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews Also in the first Epistle to the Corinthians: "Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened except it have first died."[665]