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A Declaration of the faith and order owned and practiced in the Congregational churches…
A Declaration of the faith and order owned and practiced in the Congregational churches in England agreed upon and consented unto by their elders and messengers in their meeting at the Savoy, October 12, 1658.
London: printed by John Field, 1659
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Chapter 31: Of the state of Man after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
CHAP. XXXI. Of the state of Man after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead.
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 ⟨p. 52⟩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.
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 ⟨p. 52⟩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.