Chapter 31: Of the State of Man after Death and Of the Resurrection of
the Dead
1._____ The bodies of men after death return to dust, and see corruption;
but their souls, which neither die nor sleep, having an immortal subsistence,
immediately return to God who gave them. The souls of the righteous being
then made perfect in holiness, are received into paradise, where they are
with Christ, and behold the face of God in light and glory, waiting for
the full redemption of their bodies; and the souls of the wicked are cast
into hell; where they remain in torment and utter darkness, reserved to
the judgment of the great day; besides these two places, for souls separated
from their bodies, the Scripture acknowledgeth none.
(
Genesis
3:19; Acts
13:36; Ecclesiastes
12:7;Luke
23:43; 2
Corinthians 5:1, 6,8; Philippians
1:23; Hebrews
12:23; Jude
6, 7;1
Peter 3:19; Luke
16:23, 24 )
2._____ At the last day, such of the saints as are found alive, shall
not sleep, but be changed; and all the dead shall be raised up with the
selfsame bodies, and none other; although with different qualities, which
shall be united again to their souls forever.
(
1
Corinthians 15:51, 52; 1
Thessalonians 4:17; Job
19:26, 27; 1
Corinthians 15:42, 43 )
3._____ The bodies of the unjust shall, by the power of Christ, be raised
to dishonour; the bodies of the just, by his Spirit, unto honour, and be
made conformable to his own glorious body.
(
Acts
24:15;John
5:28, 29;Philippians
3:21 )
Chapter 32 "Of
the Last Judgment"
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