CHAPTER XXXII.
Of the State of Man After Death, and
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.
Beside these two places, for souls separated from their bodies, the Scripture
acknowledges 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 selfsame 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
dishonour: the bodies of the just, by His Spirit, unto honour; and be made
conformable to His own glorious body.