...primitive stamina have taken place ! The apostle here furnishes an apt illustration of this point : " That which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body...as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body."4 All the parts of the plant, fully grown and matured, are gradually evolved from the seed, and...

...2 Kings 2. 11. Luke 8. 54, 55. Luke 7. 15. John 11. 44. Matt. 28. 6, 10. (b) 1 Cor. 15. S5 — 44. But some man will say, How are the dead raised up?...shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, orot some other grain. But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body....

...repugnant to reason, even if it did not rest upon the solid basis of revelation. " That which thou sowest, is not quickened except it die, and that which...or of some other grain.) but God giveth it a body, and to every seed his own body." To the startling, but interesting question, then, how are the dead...

...How arc thcdead raised up? and with what " body do they come ? " Thou fool, that which thou sowcst is not quickened, except it " die. " And that which...of some other "grain. " But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him," &c. Here the object is not to prove the. resurrection of the dead, but to refute...

...also, the resurrection of the dead. As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But some man will say, " How are the dead raised up...hath pleased him; and to every seed his own body. So, also, is the resurrection of the dead: It is sown in corruption: it is raised in incorruption:...

...and then place before him the bare materials from which it is deduced. " How are the dead raised up, and with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which...hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body." But how decisive is the testimony of the Scripture ! The doctrine is found even in the Old Testament....

..."God," it is said, "giveth to every seed his own body." " Thou fool," argues St. Paul, " that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die. And that which...hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body." This implies, that the change produced by the resurrection is not arbitrary or eontingent, but established...

...to the following passage, 1 Cor. xv. 35 — 44: "But some man will say, How are the dead raised up F and with what body do they come? Thou fool! that which...may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: But God fiveth it a body as it hath pleased im, and to everjr seed his own body. All flesh is not the same...

...we die. Be not deceived : evil communirations corrupt good manners. Awake to righteousness, and bin not; for some have not the knowledge of God. I speak...of some other grain ; But God giveth it a body, as it bath pleased him, and to every teed his own body. All ilc-Nli is not the same flesh ; but there...

...qualities, it will be in various respects greatly changed, and very differently modified. " That which thou sowest is not quickened except it die ; and that which...as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body."7 As there is unquestionably a sense, in which the full-grown ear, though per haps not containing...