First Epistle

Do we then deem it any great and wonderful thing for the Maker of all things to raise up again those that have piously served Him in the assurance of a good faith, when even by a bird He shows us the mightiness of His power to fulfil His promise? For [the Scripture] says in a certain place, “You shall raise me up, and I shall confess unto You”; and again, “I laid me down, and slept”; “I awoke, because You are with me;” and again, Job says, “You shall raise up this flesh of mine, which has suffered all these things.”