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