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1 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.
1Genesis 3:19; Acts 13:36 2Ecclesiastes 12:7 3Luke 23:43; 2 Corinthians 5:1, 6, 8; Philippians 1:23; Hebrews 12:23 4Jude 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;5 and all the dead
shall be raised up with the selfsame bodies, and none other;6 although with different qualities, which shall be united again to
their souls forever.7
51 Corinthians 15:51, 52; 1 Thessalonians 4:17 6Job 19:26, 27 71 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.8
8Acts 24:15; John 5:28, 29; Philippians 3:21
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