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Chapter 32:
Of the State of Men After Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead
32:1 The bodies of men, after death, return
to dust and see corruption (Gen_3:19;
Act_13:36):
but their souls (which neither die nor sleep) having an immortal
subsistence, immediately return to God who gave them (Ecc_12:7;
Luk_23:43).
The souls of the righteous, being then made perfect in holiness, are
received into the highest heavens, where they behold the face of God, in
light and glory, waiting for the full redemption of their bodies (2Co_5:1,
2Co_5:6,
2Co_5:8;
Phi_1:23,
with Act_3:21
and Eph_4:10;
Heb_12:23):
and the souls of the wicked are cast into hell, where they remain in
torments and utter darkness, reserved to the judgment of the great day (Luk_16:23,
Luk_16:24;
Act_1:25;
1Pe_3:19;
Jud_1:6,
Jud_1:7).
Besides these two places, for souls separated from their bodies, the
Scripture acknowledgeth none.
32:2 At the last day, such as are found alive shall not die, but be
changed ( 1Co_15:51,
1Co_15:52;
1Th_4:17):
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 for ever (Job_19:2,
Job_19:27;
1Co_15:42-44).
32:3 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 ( Joh_5:28,
Joh_5:29;
Act_24:15;
1Co_15:42;
Phi_3:21).
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