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58. That no one should be made sad by
death; since in living is labour and peril, in dying peace and the
certainty of resurrection.
In Genesis: “Then said the Lord to
Adam, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast
eaten of that tree of which alone I commanded thee that thou shouldest
not eat, cursed shall be the ground in all thy works; in sadness and
groaning shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life: thorns
and thistles shall it cast forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb
of the field in the sweat of thy brow. Thou shalt eat thy bread
until thou return unto the earth from which also thou wast taken;
because earth thou art, and to earth thou shalt go.”4468
Also
in the same place: “And Enoch pleased God, and was not
found afterwards: because God translated him.”4469
And
in Isaiah: “All flesh is grass, and all the glory of it as
the flower of grass. The grass withered, and the flower hath
fallen away; but the word of the Lord abideth for ever.”4470
In
Ezekiel: “They say, Our bones are become dry, our hope hath
perished: we have expired. Therefore prophesy, and say,
Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I open your monuments, and I will bring
you forth from your monuments, and I will bring you into the land of
Israel; and I will put my Spirit upon you, and ye shall live; and I
will place you into your land: and ye shall know that I the Lord
have spoken, and will do it, saith the Lord.”4471
Also in the Wisdom of
Solomon: “He was taken away, lest wickedness should change
his understanding; for his soul was pleasing to God.”4472
Also in
the eighty-third Psalm: “How beloved4473
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Some read “amabiles,” “amiable.” | are thy dwellings, Thou Lord of
hosts? My soul desires and hastes to the courts of
God.”4474
And
in the Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians: “But we would
not that you should be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who sleep,
that ye sorrow not as others which have no hope. For if we
believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also them which have fallen
asleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.”4475
Also in the first Epistle to
the Corinthians: “Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not
quickened except it have first died.”4476
And again: “Star
differeth from star in glory: so also the resurrection. The
body is sown in corruption, it rises without corruption; it is sown in
ignominy, it rises again in glory; it is sown in weakness, it rises
again in power; it is sown an animal body, it rises again a spiritual
body.”4477
And
again: “For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and
this mortal put on immortality. But when this corruptible shall
have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on
immortality, then shall come to pass the word that is written, Death is
absorbed into striving. Where, O death, is thy sting?
Where, O death, is thy striving?”4478
Also in the Gospel according
to John: “Father, I will that those whom Thou hast given me
be with me where I shall be, and may see my glory which Thou hast given
me before the foundation of the world.”4479
Also according to Luke:
“Now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, O Lord, according
to the word; for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation.”4480
Also
according to John: “If ye loved me, ye would rejoice
because I go to the Father; for the Father is greater than
I.”4481
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