earth is to be returned to the earth. Why do we plunge the spirit of man under the earth? He says not that man will return to the earth, but that he who is dust will return to dust. But dust is that which was formed out of clay. It returns to dust, but not the spirit, which God derived from another quarter, and gave to man. Accordingly, we read in the book of Job, “Remember how thou hast made me of clay, and will reduce me to dust.” (Job 10:9.) This is said of the body. A little after he adds, “Life