Various, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. IX, The Epistles of Clement… (1885)
“ Chapter XXIV.—God Continually Shows Us in Nature that There Will Be a Resurrection.Let 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 [1] the first-fruits [2] by raising Him from the dead. Let us contemplate, beloved, the resurrection which is at all times [3] taking place. Day and night declare to us a resurrection. The night sinks to sleep, and the day arises ”
