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Second London Baptist Confession of Faith · Chapter 31

Of the state of Man after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead

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1. The Bodies of Men after Death return to Dust, and see Corruption; but their Souls, (which neither die nor sleep) having an immortal Subsistence, immediatelya return to God who gave them: 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 Lightb 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 toc the Judgement of the great Day; besides these two Places, for Souls separated from their Bodies, the Scripture acknowledgeth none.d

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

  1. aGenesis 3:19; Acts 13:36
  2. bEcclesiastes 12:7
  3. cLuke 23:43; 2 Corinthians 5:1, 6, 8; Philippians 1:23; Hebrews 12:23
  4. dJude 6–7; 1 Peter 3:19; Luke 16:23–24

Related texts

Side by side, with what differs marked: Westminster, Savoy and the 1689 · Westminster and the 1689 · The 1689 and its first printing, 1677 · The 1689 and the Philadelphia Confession

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