Chapter 33
Of the State of Man After Death, and of
the Resurrection of the Dead
- The bodies of men after death return
to dust, and see corruption,1 but their souls, which
neither die nor sleep, having an immortal
subsistence, immediately return to God
who gave them:2 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;3 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;4 besides
these two places, for souls separated
from their bodies, the Scripture
acknowledgeth none.
- At the last day, such of the saints
as are found alive shall not sleep but be
changed;5 and all the
dead shall be raised up with the self
same bodies, and none other;6 although with different
qualities, which shall be united again to
their souls for ever.7
- 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.8
Footnotes:
1. Ge
3:19; Ac 13:36.
2. Ecc
12:7.
3. Lk
23:43; 2Co 5:1,6,8; Php 1:23, Heb
12:23.
4.
Jude 6-7; 1Pe 3:19; Lk 16:23-24.
5. 1Co
15:51-52; 1Th 4:17.
6. Job
19:26-27.
7. 1Co
15:42-43.
8. Ac
24:15; Jn 5:28-29; Php 3:21.
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