{"id":"31.1","chapter":31,"number":1,"text":"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 holyness, 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; and the souls of the wicked, are cast into hell; where they remain in torment and utter darkness, reserved to the judgement of the great day; besides these two places for Souls separated from their bodies, the Scripture acknowledgeth none.","segments":[{"text":"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","proofs":["Genesis 3:19","Acts 13:36"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 3:19","osis":["Gen.3.19"]},{"printed":"Acts 13:36","osis":["Acts.13.36"]}],"note":null},{"text":"return to God who gave them: the Souls of the Righteous being then made perfect in holyness, are received into paradise where they are with Christ, and behold the face of God, in light","proofs":["Ecclesiastes 12:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 12:7","osis":["Eccl.12.7"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and glory; waiting for the full Redemption of their Bodies; and the souls of the wicked, are cast into hell; where they remain in torment and utter darkness, reserved to","proofs":["Luke 23:43","2 Corinthians 5:1, 6, 8","Philippians 1:23","Hebrews 12:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 23:43","osis":["Luke.23.43"]},{"printed":"2 Corinthians 5:1, 6, 8","osis":["2Cor.5.1","2Cor.5.6","2Cor.5.8"]},{"printed":"Philippians 1:23","osis":["Phil.1.23"]},{"printed":"Hebrews 12:23","osis":["Heb.12.23"]}],"note":null},{"text":"the judgement of the great day; besides these two places for Souls separated from their bodies, the Scripture acknowledgeth none.","proofs":["Jude 6–7","1 Peter 3:19","Luke 16:23–24"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jude 6–7","osis":["Jude.1.6-Jude.1.7"]},{"printed":"1 Peter 3:19","osis":["1Pet.3.19"]},{"printed":"Luke 16:23–24","osis":["Luke.16.23-Luke.16.24"]}],"note":null}],"relations":{"lbcf1689":["31.1"],"savoy1658":["31.1"],"wcf1646":["32.1"]},"diffs":[{"source":"savoy1658","type":"earlier","segments":[{"text":"paradise","position":null},{"text":"are with Christ, and","position":null}]},{"source":"wcf1646","type":"earlier","segments":[{"text":"paradise","position":null},{"text":"are with Christ, and","position":null},{"text":"s","position":23}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}