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Westminster Confession of Faith.)
CHAPTER 32 - Of the State of Man After Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead
I. 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 the highest
heavens, where they 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 torments 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.
II. At the last day, such as are found
alive shall not die, but be changed: and all the
dead shall be
raised up with the self-same bodies, and none other, although with different qualities, which shall be
united again to their souls forever.
III. The bodies of the unjust shall, by the power of
Christ, be raised to
dishonor; the bodies of the just, by his Spirit, unto honor, and be made
conformable to his own
glorious body.
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