# Xviii. Of The Resurrection Of The Dead, And The Last Judgment.

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Finally, concerning the resurrection of the dead,
we confess with the mouth, and believe with the
heart, according to Scripture, that in the last day
all men who shall then have died, and fallen asleep,
shall be awaked and quickened, and shall rise
again, through the incomprehensible power of God;
and that they, together with those who then will
still be alive, and who shall be changed in the twinkling
of an eye, at the sound of the last trump, shall
be placed before the judgment seat of Christ, and
the good be separated from the wicked; that then
every one shall receive in his own body according
to that he hath done, whether it be good or evil;
and that the good or pious, as the blessed, shall
be taken up with Christ, and shall enter into life
eternal, and obtain that joy, which eye hath not
seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the
heart of man, to reign and triumph with Christ forever
and ever. Matt. 22:30,31; Dan. 12:12; Job
19:26,27; Matt. 25:31; John 5:28; 2 Cor. 5:10;
1 Cor. 15; Rev. 20:12; 1 Thess. 4:15; 1 Cor. 2:9.

And that, on the other hand, the wicked or impious,
as accursed, shall be cast into outer darkness,
yea, into the everlasting pains of hell, where their
worm shall not die, nor their fire be quenched, and
where they, according to holy Scripture, can nevermore
expect any hope, comfort or redemption.
Mark 9:44; Rev. 14:11.

May the Lord, through his grace, make us all
worthy and meet, that this may befall none of us;
but that we may thus take heed unto ourselves,
and use all diligence, that on that day we may be
found before him unspotted and blameless in peace.
Amen.

These, then, as has been briefly stated before,
are the principal articles of our general Christian
faith, as we teach and practice the same throughout
in our churches and among our people; which,
in our judgment, is the only true Christian faith,
which the apostles in their time believed and taught,
yea, testified with their life, confirmed with their
death, and, some of them, also sealed with their
blood; wherein we in our weakness with them and
all the pious, would fain abide, live, and die, that we
may afterwards obtain salvation with them through
the grace of the Lord.

Thus done and finished in our united churches,
in the city of Dortrecht, the 21st of April, 1632,
new style.

And was signed by the mutually united:

Dortrecht.

Isaac de Koning, and in the name of our minister.
Jan Jacobs.
(On the other side.)

By me Hans Cobrijsz.

By me Jacuis Terwen.

Claes Dircksg.

Mels Gijsbertsz.

Adriaen Cornelissz.

Middelburg.

Bastiaen Willemsen.
Jan Winkelmans.

Vlissingen.

Oillaert Willeborts,
by Jacob Pennen.

Lieven Marijnesz.

Amsterdam.

Tobias Govertsz.
(On the other side.)

Pieter Jansz Moyer.
David ter Haer.

Abraham Dircksz.
Pieter Jansz van Singel.42

Haerlem.

Jan Doom.
(On the other side.)

Piter Grijspert.
Dirck Wonteresz Kolenkamp.

Pieter Joosten.

Bommel.

Willem Jansz van Exselt.
Gijsbert Spiering.

Rotterdam.

(On the other side.)

Balten Centen Schoenmaker.
Israel van Halmael.

M. Michielsz.
Hendrick Dircksz Apeldoren.

Andries Lucken Jr.

From the Upper Part of the Country.

Peter van Borsel.
Antony Hansz.

Krevelt Do.

Harmen op den Graff.
Weylm Kreynen.

Zeeland.

Cornelis de Moir.
Isaac Claessz.

Schiedam.

Cornelis Bom.
Lambrecht Paeldink.

Leyden.

Mr. C. de Korink.
Jan Weyns.

Blockziel.

Claes Claessen.
Pieter Peters.

Ziericzee.

Anthonis Cornelissz.
Pieter Jansz Timmerman.

Utrecht.

Herman Segers.
(On the other side.)

Jan Hendricksen Hooghvelt.
Abraham Spronk.

David Horens.
Williem van Brœkhuysen.

Gorcum.

Jacob van der Heyde Sebrechts.
Jan Jansz V. K.

Aernhem.

Cornelis Jansz.
Dirck Reuderson.

Besides that the last mentioned confession was
received by so many churches, and signed by their
leaders, as has been shown, also all the churches in
Alsace and in the Palatinate, in Germany, afterwards
unanimously adopted and signed it; wherefore
it was undertaken to translate the same for their
benefit and that of others, into French and into
German. This is given as a remembrance. Here
is the patience and faith of the saints. Rev. 13:10.



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