again he said concerning the resurrection of the dead, `Have ye
not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the
God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. God
is not the God of the dead but of the living.' `For as the tares
are gathered and burned in the fire, so shall it be in the end of
this age. The Son of God shall send forth his Angels, and they
shall gather all things that offend, and them which do iniquity,
and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be
wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine
forth as the sun in the kingdom of their father.' Thus spake he
and added this thereto, `Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.'

"In such words and many more did the Lord make manifest the
resurrection of our bodies, and confirm his words in deed, by
raising many that were dead. And, toward the end of his life
upon earth, he called from the grave one Lazarus his friend, that
had already been four days dead and stank, and thus he restored
the lifeless to life. Moreover, the Lord himself became the
first-fruits of that resurrection which is final and no longer
subject unto death, after he had in the flesh tasted of death;
and on the third day he rose again, and became the first-born
from the dead. For other men also were raised from the dead, but
died once more, and might not yet attain to the likeness of the
future true resurrection. But he alone was the leader of that
resurrection, the first to be raised to the resurrection
immortal.

"This was the preaching also of them that from the beginning were
eye-witnesses and ministers of the word; for thus saith blessed
Paul, whose calling was not of men, but from heaven, `Brethren, I