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Chapter 33
 Of the State of Man After Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead
1.
The bodies of men after death return to dust, and see corruption,1 
Genesis
 
3:17
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, andhast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it:cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Genesis3:18
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of thefield;
Genesis3:19
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of itwast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Acts13:36
For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, andwas laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
Acts13:37
But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
but their souls, which neither die nor sleep, having an immortal subsistence,immediately return to God who gave them:2 
Ecclesiastes12:7
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return untoGod who gave it.
the souls of the righteous being then made perfect in holiness, are received intoparadise, where they are with Christ, and behold the face of God, in light and glory,waiting for the full redemption of their bodies;3 
Luke 23:42
And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
II Corinthians
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a
 
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 building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
II Corinthians5:2
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which isfrom heaven:
II Corinthians5:3
If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
II Corinthians5:4
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
II Corinthians5:5
 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath givenunto us the earnest of the Spirit.
II Corinthians5:6
Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
II Corinthians5:7
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
II Corinthians5:8
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Philippians1:23
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ;which is far better:
Philippians1:24
 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
Hebrews12:18
For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire,nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
Hebrews12:19
And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heardentreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
Hebrews12:20
(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beasttouch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
Hebrews12:21
And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
Hebrews12:22
But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenlyJerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Hebrews12:23
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, andto God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
Hebrews12:24
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, thatspeaketh better things than that of Abel.
and the souls of the wicked are cast into hell, where they remain in torment andutter darkness reserved to the judgment of the great day;4 
Jude
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath
 
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reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Jude1:7
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselvesover to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering thevengeance of eternal fire.
I Peter3:18
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring usto God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
I Peter3:19
By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
I Peter3:20
Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in thedays of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
I Peter3:21
The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by theresurrection of Jesus Christ:
I Peter3:22
Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Luke16:22
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
Luke16:23
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, andLazarus in his bosom.
Luke16:24
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that hemay dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in thisflame.
Luke16:25
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things,and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
besides these two places, for souls separated from their bodies, the Scriptureacknowledgeth none.
2.
At the last day, such of the saints as are found alive shall not sleep but bechanged;5 
I Corinthians15:51
Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
I Corinthians15:52
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shallsound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
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