My LORD’s Bible1 Clement 24
1Let us consider, beloved, how the Lord continually proves to us that there shall be a future resurrection, of which He has rendered the Lord Jesus Christ the first-fruits by raising Him from the dead. Let us contemplate, beloved, the resurrection which is at all times taking place. Day and night declare to us a resurrection. The night sinks to sleep, and the day arises; the day [again] departs, and the night comes on. Let us behold the fruits [of the earth], how the sowing of grain takes place. The sower goes forth, and casts it into the ground; and the seed being thus scattered, though dry and naked when it fell upon the earth, is gradually dissolved. Then out of its dissolution the mighty power of the providence of the Lord raises it up again, and from one seed many arise and bring forth fruit.
Κατανοήσωμεν, ὠγαπητοί, πῶς ὁ δεσπότης ἐπι- δείκννται διηνεκῶς ἡμῖν τὴν μέλλουσαν ἀνάστασιν ἔσεσθαι, ἧς τὴν ἀπαρχὴν ἐποιήσατο τὸν Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστήσας. ἴδωμεν, ἀγαπητοί, τὴν κατὰ καιρὸν γινομένην ἀνάστασιν... ἡμέρα καὶ νὺξ ἀνάστασιν ἡμῖν δηλοῦσιν κοιμᾶται ἡ νύξ, ἀνίσταται ἡμέρα᾽ ἡ ἡμέρα ἄπεισιν, we ἐπέρχεται. λάβωμεν τοὺς καρπούς ὁ σπόρος πῶς καὶ τίνα τρόπον γίνεται; ἐξῆλθεν ὁ creipwn καὶ ἔβαλεν Matt. eis τὴν γῆν Exacroy τῶν σπερμάτων, ἅτινα πεσόντα εἰς τὴν S. Mork γῆν ξηρὰ καὶ γυμνὰ διαλύεται. εἶτ᾽ ἐκ τῆς διαλύσεως 4-3 μεγαλειότης τῆς προνοίας τοῦ δεσπότου ἀνίστησιν αὐτά, καὶ viii. ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς πλείονα αὕξει καὶ ἐκφέρει καρπόν.