ard every man according to his works. For, at the beginning, God
created man out of earth, as I have already told thee, and breathed
into him breath, which is called a reasonable and understanding soul.
But since we were sentenced to death, we die all: and it is not
possible for this cup to pass any man by. Now death is the separation
of the soul from the body. And that body which was formed out of
earth, when severed from the soul, returneth to earth from whence also
it was taken, and, decaying, perisheth; but the soul, being immortal,
fareth whither her Maker calleth, or rather to the place where she,
while still in the body, hath prepared for herself lodgement. For as a
man hath lived here, so shall he receive reward there.

"Then, after long seasons, Christ our God shall come to judge the world
in awful glory, beyond words to tell; and for fear of him the powers of
heaven shall be shaken, and all the angel hosts stand beside him in
dread. Then, at the voice of the archangel, and at the trump of God,
shall the dead arise and stand before his awful throne. Now the
Resurrection is the re-uniting of soul and body. So that very body,
which decayeth and perisheth, shall arise incorruptible. And
concerning this, beware lest the reasoning of unbelief overtake thee;
for it is not impossible for him, who at the beginning formed the body
out of earth, when according to its Maker's doom it hath returned to
earth whence it was taken, to raise the same again. If thou wilt but
consider how many things God hath made out of nothing, this proof shall
suffice thee. He took earth and made man, though earth was not man
before. How then did earth become man? And how was earth, that did
not exist, produced? And what foundation hath it? And how were
countless kind of things without reason, of seeds and plants, produced
out of it! Nay, now also consider the manner of our birth. Is not a
little seed thrown into the womb that receiveth it? Whence then cometh
such a marvellous fashioning of a living creature?

"So for him, who hath made everything out of nothing, and still doth
make, it is not impossible to raise deadened and corrupt bodies from
the earth, that every man may be rewarded according to his works; for
he saith, 'The present is the time for work, the future for
recompense.' Else, where were the justice of God, if there were no
Resurrection? Many righteous men in this present life have suffered
much ill-usage and